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Sim Ann
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Sim Ann (Chinese: 沈颖; pinyin: Shěn Yǐng; born 12 March 1975) is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for National Development since 2020 and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bukit Timah division of Holland–Bukit Timah GRC since 2011. She has also been serving as the party's Deputy Party Whip since 2019.
Sim Ann | |
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沈颖 | |
![]() Sim in 2021 | |
Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | |
Assumed office 15 May 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
Minister | Vivian Balakrishnan |
Preceded by | Chee Hong Tat |
Senior Minister of State for National Development | |
Assumed office 27 July 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
Minister | Desmond Lee |
Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party | |
Assumed office 6 June 2019 | |
Secretary-General | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
Party Whip | Janil Puthucheary |
Preceded by | Sam Tan |
Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information | |
In office 1 May 2018 – 14 May 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | S. Iswaran |
Succeeded by | Tan Kiat How (2022) |
Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth | |
In office 1 October 2015 – 26 July 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Grace Fu |
Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry | |
In office 22 August 2016 – 30 April 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Lim Hng Kiang (Trade) S. Iswaran (Industry) |
Succeeded by | Chee Hong Tat |
Senior Minister of State for Finance | |
In office 1 October 2015 – 21 August 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Heng Swee Keat |
Preceded by | Josephine Teo |
Succeeded by | Chee Hong Tat (2022) |
Minister of State for Communications and Information | |
In office 1 September 2013 – 30 September 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Yaacob Ibrahim |
Succeeded by | Chee Hong Tat |
Minister of State for Education | |
In office 1 September 2013 – 30 September 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Heng Swee Keat |
Succeeded by | Janil Puthucheary (2016) |
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Communications and Information | |
In office 1 November 2012 – 31 August 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Yaacob Ibrahim |
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education | |
In office 21 May 2011 – 31 August 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Heng Swee Keat |
Succeeded by | Low Yen Ling (2015) Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (2015) |
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law | |
In office 21 May 2011 – 31 October 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | K. Shanmugam |
Succeeded by | Rahayu Mahzam (2022) |
Member of Parliament for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC (Bukit Timah) | |
Assumed office 7 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | Yu-Foo Yee Shoon (PAP) |
Majority | 34,991 (32.72%) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1975-03-12) 12 March 1975 (age 49) Singapore |
Political party | People's Action Party |
Spouse | Mok Ying Jang |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford (MA) Stanford University (MA) Nanyang Technological University |
A recipient of the President's Scholarship, Sim started her career in the Civil Service and had worked in the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
She made her political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a four-member PAP team contesting in Holland–Bukit Timah GRC, and won 60.1% of the vote.