Grace Fu
Grace Fu Hai Yien DCMG (Chinese: 傅海燕; pinyin: Fù Hǎiyàn; born 1964) is a Singaporean accountant and politician who has been serving as Minister for Sustainability and the Environment since 2020, and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations since 2024. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Yuhua SMC since 2011.
The Honourable Grace Fu DCMG | |
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| 傅海燕 | |
Fu in 2020 | |
| Minister for Sustainability and the Environment | |
| Assumed office 27 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Masagos Zulkifli (as Minister for the Environment and Water Resources) |
| Minister for Culture, Community and Youth | |
| In office 1 October 2015 – 26 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Wong |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Tong |
| Leader of the House | |
| In office 1 October 2015 – 23 August 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Deputy | Desmond Lee |
| Preceded by | Ng Eng Hen |
| Succeeded by | Indranee Rajah |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | |
| In office 1 August 2012 – 30 September 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Lim Hwee Hua |
| Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources | |
| In office 1 August 2012 – 30 September 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Vivian Balakrishnan |
| Second Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1 August 2012 – 30 September 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | K. Shanmugam |
| Succeeded by | Josephine Teo |
| Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts | |
| In office 21 May 2011 – 30 July 2012 | |
| Minister | Yaacob Ibrahim |
| Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources | |
| In office 21 May 2011 – 30 July 2012 | |
| Minister | Vivian Balakrishnan |
| Succeeded by | Amy Khor |
| Senior Minister of State for Education | |
| In office 1 April 2008 – 20 May 2011 | |
| Minister | Ng Eng Hen |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Wong |
| Senior Minister of State for National Development | |
| In office 1 April 2008 – 20 May 2011 | |
| Minister | Mah Bow Tan |
| Succeeded by | Desmond Lee |
| Member of Parliament for Yuhua SMC | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 8,217 (41.08%) |
| Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC (Yuhua) | |
| In office 27 April 2006 – 18 April 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Yu-Foo Yee Shoon |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 March 1964 State of Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Spouse | Ivan Lee |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore (BAcy, MBA) |
An accountant by profession, Fu had worked at Overseas Union Bank, Haw Par Group and PSA Corporation before entering politics. She made her political debut in the 2006 general election as part of the five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC and won. She has contested in Yuhua SMC since the 2011 general election.
Before her appointment as the Minister of Sustainability and the Environment, Fu served as Senior Minister of State for National Development and Senior Minister of State for Education between 2008 and 2011, Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources and Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts between 2011 and 2012, Second Minister for Foreign Affairs between 2012 and 2015, Leader of the House and Minister for Culture, Community and Youth between 2015 and 2020.