(1963-08-28) 28 August 1963 (age 60) State of Singapore
Allegiance
Singapore
Service/branch
Singapore Army
Years of service
1981–2010
Rank
Lieutenant-General
Commands held
Chief of Defence Force Chief of Army Chief of Staff – General Staff Director, Joint Intelligence Directorate Commander, 3rd Division Assistant Chief of the General Staff (Operations) Commander, 4th Singapore Armoured Brigade Head of Defence Studies Department, Ministry of Defence Commanding Officer, 41st Battalion Singapore Armoured Regiment
Awards
See awards
Alma mater
University of Oxford (MA) Harvard University (MPA)
Spouse(s)
Claudel Kuek
In this Chinese name, the family name is Kuek.
Desmond Kuek Bak Chye
Simplified Chinese
郭木财
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Guō Mùcái
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Kueh Ba̍k-tsâi
Desmond Kuek Bak Chye is a Singaporean former lieutenant-general who served as Chief of Defence Force between 2007 and 2010.
After leaving the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Kuek had served as Permanent Secretary for Environment and Water Resource between 2010 and 2012, and the president and chief executive officer of the SMRT Corporation between 2012 and 2018.
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