Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 June 2022
Serving with Janil Puthucheary
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Minister
Josephine Teo
Senior Minister of State for National Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 June 2022
Serving with Sim Ann
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Minister
Desmond Lee
Minister of State for Communications and Information
In office 15 May 2021 – 12 June 2022
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong
Minister
Josephine Teo
Minister of State for National Development
In office 27 July 2020 – 12 June 2022
Serving with Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong
Minister
Desmond Lee
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
In office 27 July 2020 – 14 May 2021
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong
Minister
Indranee Rajah Maliki Osman Tan See Leng
Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC (Kampong Chai Chee)
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 July 2020
Preceded by
Lee Yi Shyan
Majority
7,769 (6.78%)
Personal details
Born
1977 (age 46–47)[1] Singapore
Political party
People's Action Party
Children
2
Alma mater
University of Illinois (BA, BEng) Stanford University
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.
Tan Kiat How (Chinese: 陈杰豪; pinyin: Chén Jiéháo; born 1977)[1] is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for National Development and Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information concurrently since 2022.[2] A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Kampong Chai Chee division of East Coast GRC since 2020.
Prior to his appointment as Senior Minister of State, he served as Minister of State for National Development, Minister of State for Communications and Information and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office between 2020 and 2021.
A computer engineer by profession, Tan had worked at the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and was the chief executive officer of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA).
He made his political debut in the 2020 general election when he joined a five-member PAP team contesting in East Coast GRC, and they won with 53.39% of the vote. Tan was appointed Minister of State shortly after being elected, and appointed to the Prime Minister's Office from 2020 to 2021. In 2022, Tan was promoted Senior Minister of State after a Cabinet reshuffle.
^ ab"MP | Parliament of Singapore".
^"Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 6 June 2022.
TanKiatHow (Chinese: 陈杰豪; pinyin: Chén Jiéháo; born 1977) is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Senior Minister...
from the People's Action Party (PAP) Heng Swee Keat, Jessica Tan, Cheryl Chan, TanKiatHow and Maliki Osman. East Coast GRC was formed in 1997 as a six-member...
ex-Tampines GRC anchor minister), Jessica Tan Soon Neo, Cheryl Chan, minister Maliki Osman, and Minister of State TanKiatHow. East Coast GRC has been staged as...
May 2024, and Lawrence Wong succeeded him as the 4th Prime Minister. TanKiatHow, Chee Hong Tat were reshuffled to a new ministry as senior minister of...
Ministers Appointment Tan See Leng Minister of Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry (newly elected) TanKiatHow Senior Minister of State...
11 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020. Lim, Min Zhang (6 June 2022). "TanKiatHow, Eric Chua and Rahayu Mahzam to be promoted in latest Cabinet changes"...
Alvin Tan (Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry), Desmond Tan (Home Affairs and Sustainability and Environment) and TanKiatHow (Prime...
Minister's Office Singapore. 6 June 2022. Lim, Min Zhang (6 June 2022). "TanKiatHow, Eric Chua and Rahayu Mahzam to be promoted in latest Cabinet changes"...
Manpower Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information TanKiatHow 13 June 2022 Senior Minister of State for National Development Senior...
Incumbent Assumed office 1 May 2017 Serving with Sim Ann (2018–2021) TanKiatHow (2022–present) Minister Yaacob Ibrahim (2017–2018) S. Iswaran (2018–2021)...
Special Achievement Award 特别成就奖 Awards Presented By: TanKiatHow Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information for Singapore Mark Lee 李国煌...
June 2022). "TanKiatHow, Eric Chua and Rahayu Mahzam to be promoted in latest Cabinet changes". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 June 2022. Tan, Felicia (17...
to watch". CNA. Retrieved 1 July 2020. Lim, Min Zhang (6 June 2022). "TanKiatHow, Eric Chua and Rahayu Mahzam to be promoted in latest Cabinet changes"...
National Development Incumbent Assumed office 27 July 2020 Serving with TanKiatHow (2020–2022) Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong Minister Desmond...
"TanKiatHow, Eric Chua and Rahayu Mahzam to be promoted in latest Cabinet changes". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 June 2022. Koh, Mui Theng; Tan, Judith...
Hsien Loong Minister Lawrence Wong Preceded by Koh Poh Koon Succeeded by TanKiatHow (2020–2022) Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (2020–present) Deputy Party Whip...
11 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020. Lim, Min Zhang (6 June 2022). "TanKiatHow, Eric Chua and Rahayu Mahzam to be promoted in latest Cabinet changes"...
National Development Incumbent Assumed office 27 July 2020 Serving with TanKiatHow (2022–present) Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong Minister...
inaugural Parliament during the term, with six, including Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin who vacated his seat citing extramaritial affair along with Cheng...
Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State, Minister-in-charge of GovTech TanKiatHow, Senior Minister of State Rahayu Mahzam, Minister of State Agency executives...
Workers' Party, alongside Heng Swee Keat, Maliki Osman, Jessica Tan, and TanKiatHow. On 11 July 2020, Chan and the PAP team were declared elected Members...
Tin Pei Ling (陈佩玲), MP for MacPherson SMC; graduated from HCJC in 2001 TanKiatHow (陈杰豪), Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and Ministry...
Chee) In office 6 May 2006 – 23 June 2020 Preceded by Tan Soo Khoon Succeeded by TanKiatHow Senior Minister of State, Ministry for Trade and Industry...
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