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Profiles: PAP

George Yeo »

Age	47
Marital Status	Married with four children
Post	Minister for Trade and Industry
Ward	Aljunied GRC (Walkover)

Brief History
1999	relinquished portfolio of Information and the Arts to bceome Minister of Trade and Industry
1997	relinquished post as Minister Health and was appointed Minister of Health, retained portfolio in Information and the Arts
1994	relinquished post as Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and was appointed Minister for Health
1991	promoted to Minister for Information and the Arts and Second Minister Foreign Affairs
1990	appointed Acting Minister for Information and the Arts and Senior Minister of State of Foreign Affairs
1988 - 1990	Minister of State for Finance and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
1991	returned unopposed as one of four MPs in Aljunied GRC
1988	elected to parliament as one of the three MPs for Aljunied GRCs
Aug 1988	resigned from SAF to enter politics
1988	promoted to Brigadier-General
1986	became Director of Joint Operations and Planning in Ministry of Defence
1985	appointed Chief-of-Staff of Air Staff
1983	went to Harvard Business School, graduating with an MBA with High Distinction (Baker Scholar)
1979	attended the Singapore Command Staff College, graduating top of his class
1976	served in the SAF as a Signals Officer
1976	graduated from Cambridge University
1973	President's and SAF scholar
1970	top 'O' Level student

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