Yeo Ning Hong | |
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杨林丰 | |
Minister for Defence | |
In office 1 July 1991 – 1 July 1994 | |
Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong |
Preceded by | Goh Chok Tong |
Succeeded by | Lee Boon Yang |
Minister for Communications | |
In office 1 June 1984 – 30 June 1991 Acting: 7 September 1983 – 31 May 1984 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew |
Preceded by | Ong Pang Boon |
Succeeded by | Mah Bow Tan |
Member of Parliament for Kampong Glam GRC (Kim Seng) | |
In office 21 August 1991 – 16 December 1996 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Kim Seng SMC | |
In office 23 December 1980 – 14 August 1991 | |
Preceded by | Ong Leong Boon |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Singapore, Straits Settlements | 3 November 1943
Political party | People's Action Party |
Alma mater | University of Singapore[1] University of Cambridge (PhD) |
Yeo Ning Hong DUBC (Chinese: 杨林丰; pinyin: Yáng Línfēng; born 3 November 1943) is a Singaporean chemist and former politician who served as Minister for Defence between 1991 and 1994, and Minister for Communications between 1984 and 1991. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Kim Seng SMC between 1980 and 1991, and later the Kim Seng division of Kampong Glam GRC between 1991 and 1996