Chee Hong Tat
Chee Hong Tat (Chinese: 徐芳达; pinyin: Xú Fāngdá; born 1973) is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Finance since 2024. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Toa Payoh West–Thomson division of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC since 2015.
The Honourable Chee Hong Tat | |
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徐芳达 | |
Chee in 2023 | |
| Minister for Transport | |
| Assumed office 18 January 2024 Acting: 12 July 2023 – 18 January 2024 | |
| Preceded by | S. Iswaran |
| Second Minister for Finance | |
| Assumed office 18 January 2024 | |
| Minister | Lawrence Wong |
| Senior Minister of State for Finance | |
| In office 13 June 2022 – 18 January 2024 | |
| Minister | Lawrence Wong |
| Preceded by | Sim Ann (2015–2016) Indranee Rajah (2015–2018) |
| Senior Minister of State for Transport | |
| In office 27 July 2020 – 18 January 2024 | |
| Minister | Ong Ye Kung (2020–2021) S. Iswaran (2021–2024) |
| Preceded by | Lam Pin Min (2017–2020) Janil Puthucheary (2018–2020) |
| Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 27 July 2020 – 14 May 2021 | |
| Minister | Vivian Balakrishnan |
| Succeeded by | Sim Ann |
| Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry | |
| In office 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020 | |
| Minister | Chan Chun Sing |
| Senior Minister of State for Education | |
| In office 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020 | |
| Minister | Ong Ye Kung |
| Preceded by | Janil Puthucheary |
| Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information | |
| In office 1 May 2017 – 30 April 2018 | |
| Minister | Yaacob Ibrahim |
| Senior Minister of State for Health | |
| In office 1 May 2017 – 30 April 2018 | |
| Minister | Gan Kim Yong |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Tong |
| Minister of State for Communications and Information | |
| In office 1 October 2015 – 30 April 2017 | |
| Minister | Yaacob Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Sim Ann |
| Minister of State for Health | |
| In office 1 October 2015 – 30 April 2017 | |
| Minister | Gan Kim Yong |
| Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress | |
| In office 15 May 2021 – 12 June 2022 | |
| Secretary-General | Ng Chee Meng |
| Preceded by | Koh Poh Koon |
| Succeeded by | Desmond Tan |
| Member of Parliament for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Toa Payoh West–Thomson) | |
| Assumed office 10 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Majority | 32,259 (34.52%) |
| Member of Parliament for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Toa Payoh West–Balestier) | |
| In office 11 September 2015 – 23 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Hri Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Majority | 32,259 (34.52%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1973 (age 50–51) Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BS, BA) University of Adelaide (MBA) |
Prior entering politics, Chee worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Ministry of Transport (MOT), and the Ministry of Education (MOE), and was Principal Private Secretary to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew from 2008 to 2011. He subsequently served as Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Market Authority (EMA) between 2011 and 2015.
Chee made his political debut in the 2015 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC which won 73.59% of the vote. Chee was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Toa Payoh West–Balestier division of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC. Since then, he has retained his parliamentary seat in the 2020 general election and had been appointed Minister of State and subsequently Senior Minister of State.