Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 June 2022
Serving with Amy Khor
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Minister
Grace Fu
Senior Minister of State for Manpower
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 May 2021
Serving with Zaqy Mohamad
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Minister
Tan See Leng
Senior Minister of State for Health
In office 27 July 2020 – 12 June 2022
Serving with Janil Puthucheary
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong
Minister
Gan Kim Yong (2011–2021) Ong Ye Kung (2021–present)
Preceded by
Lam Pin Min (2017–2020) Amy Khor (2017–2020) Edwin Tong (2018–2020)
Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry
In office 1 May 2017 – 26 July 2020
Serving with Chee Hong Tat (2018–2020)
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong
Minister
Lim Hng Kiang (2004–2018) S. Iswaran (2015–2018) Chan Chun Sing (2018–2021)
Senior Minister of State for National Development
In office 1 May 2017 – 30 April 2018
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong
Minister
Lawrence Wong
Second Minister
Desmond Lee
Preceded by
Desmond Lee
Minister of State for Trade and Industry
In office 1 January 2016 – 30 April 2017
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong
Minister
Lim Hng Kiang S. Iswaran
Minister of State for National Development
In office 1 January 2016 – 30 April 2017
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong
Minister
Lawrence Wong
Preceded by
Desmond Lee
Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress
In office 22 May 2018 – 14 May 2021
Secretary-General
Ng Chee Meng
Succeeded by
Chee Hong Tat
Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC (Tampines Central)
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 July 2020
Preceded by
Heng Swee Keat
Member of Parliament for Ang Mo Kio GRC (Yio Chu Kang)
In office 11 September 2015 – 23 June 2020
Preceded by
Seng Han Thong
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born
1972 (age 51–52)[1] Singapore
Political party
People's Action Party
Children
2
Alma mater
National University of Singapore (MBBS, MMed)
Occupation
Politician
Profession
Colorectal surgeon
In this Chinese name, the family name is Koh.
Koh Poh Koon (Chinese: 许宝琨; pinyin: Xú Bǎokūn; born 1972)[1] is a Singaporean politician and former colorectal surgeon who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment since 2022 and Senior Minister of State for Manpower since 2021.[2] A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tampines Central division of Tampines GRC since 2020.[3]
Prior to entering politics, Koh was a colorectal surgeon and medical researcher. He made his political debut in the 2013 by-elections as a PAP candidate contesting in Punggol East SMC against candidates from three other opposition parties, garnering 43.37% of the vote and losing to the Workers' Party's Lee Li Lian, who won 54.5% of the vote.
In the 2015 general election, Koh contested in Ang Mo Kio GRC as part of a six-member PAP team and won with 78.64% of the vote. Koh was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Yio Chu Kang ward of Ang Mo Kio GRC. In the 2020 general election, he joined the PAP team contesting in Tampines GRC and won with 66.41% of the vote.
Koh had served as Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Minister of State for National Development concurrently between 2016 and 2017 and later Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry between 2017 and 2020 and Senior Minister of State for National Development between 2017 and 2018.
He also served as Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) between 2018 and 2021.[4]
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^"Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
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Labour Movement following a request by PM Lee to send him in return for KohPohKoon. Chee was however appointed Senior Minister of State at the Ministry...
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and the Environment Incumbent Assumed office 27 July 2020 Serving with KohPohKoon (2022–present) Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong Minister...
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portfolio for Health while retaining Communications & Information, and KohPohKoon relinquishing Trade and Industry portfolio for Health. Additionally,...
On 10 January, PAP unveiled their candidate for the by-election, Dr KohPohKoon, while both WP's Lee and SDA's Lim had returned to contest the by-election...
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"GE2015: Meet the new faces of PAP's Ang Mo Kio GRC – Darryl David and KohPohKoon". sg.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020...
Party's Lee Li Lian to compete against the People's Action Party's Dr KohPohKoon. Tambyah became a member of the SDP's Healthcare Advisory Panel in July...
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persons, where personal names are indicated. Designations and titles I KohPohKoon is also Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Trade and Industry...
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returned to contest the by-election, and the PAP fielded a newcomer, KohPohKoon, who had joined the party only three weeks earlier. They were joined...
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