Heng Swee Keat


Heng Swee Keat

王瑞杰
Heng in 2012
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
Assumed office
1 May 2019
Serving with Lawrence Wong (2022–present)
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byTharman Shanmugaratnam
Teo Chee Hean
Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies
Assumed office
27 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byTharman Shanmugaratnam
Chairman of the People's Action Party
Assumed office
26 November 2022
Secretary-GeneralLee Hsien Loong
Vice ChairmanMasagos Zulkifli
Preceded byGan Kim Yong
Minister for Finance
In office
1 October 2015 – 14 May 2021
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Second MinisterLawrence Wong
Indranee Rajah
Preceded byTharman Shanmugaratnam
Succeeded byLawrence Wong
Minister for Education
In office
21 May 2011 – 30 September 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byNg Eng Hen
Succeeded byNg Chee Meng (Schools)
Ong Ye Kung (Higher Education and Skills)
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for East Coast GRC
(Bedok)
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byLim Swee Say
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Tampines GRC
(Tampines Central)
In office
7 May 2011 – 23 June 2020
Preceded bySin Boon Ann
Succeeded byKoh Poh Koon
Personal details
Born
Heng Swee Keat

(1961-04-15) 15 April 1961 (age 63)[1]
State of Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Spouse(s)
Chang Hwee Nee
(m. 1988)
Children2
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge (MA)
Harvard University (MPA)
Signature
Police career
DepartmentSingapore Police Force
Years of service1983–1997
RankAssistant Commissioner

Heng Swee Keat PPA PJG (Chinese: 王瑞杰; pinyin: Wáng Ruìjié; born 15 April 1961)[1] is a Singaporean politician, former police officer and former civil servant.

He is serving as Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies. Also, he is the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bedok part of the East Coast GRC.[2]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Heng Swee Keat". Christ's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. Lai, Linette (2021-04-09). "Next S'pore PM should have 'sufficiently long runway' to master job: Heng Swee Keat". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

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