(1956-09-12) 12 September 1956 (age 67) Colony of Singapore
Alma mater
National University of Singapore (LLB) University of Cambridge (LLM)
Occupation
Lawyer
academic
diplomat
In this Chinese name, the family name is Woon (Chinese: 温; pinyin: Wēn).
Walter Woon
Simplified Chinese
温长明
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Wēn Chángmíng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Wan1 Coeng4 Ming4
Walter Woon Cheong MingSC (born 12 September 1956) is a Singaporean lawyer who served as the fifth attorney-general of Singapore between 2008 and 2010. He is currently an Emeritus Professor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, Lee Kong Chian Visiting professor at the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law, and the dean of the RHT Legal Training Institute.
A lawyer by profession, Woon specialises in company law and securities regulation. Having graduated from the National University of Singapore and St. John's College, Cambridge, Woon joined the teaching staff of the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law in 1981 and subsequently served as Sub-Dean and Vice-Dean. He was appointed Professor of Law in 1999. He had also served as the legal adviser to the president of Singapore and the Council of Presidential Advisers between 1995 and 1997.
Woon was a Nominated Member of Parliament between 1992 and 1996. He became the first Member of Parliament since 1965 to have a Private Member's Bill become a public law in Singapore—the Maintenance of Parents Act, which was passed in 1995.
From 1997 to 2006, Woon served in a number of diplomatic capacities, including Singapore Ambassador to Germany (1998–2003) with an accreditation to Greece (2000–2003), and Singapore Ambassador to Belgium, with concurrent accreditation to the European Union, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the Holy See.
Woon was appointed Second Solicitor-General in 2006 and subsequently Solicitor-General in 2007. He served as Attorney-General between 2008 and 2010.
WalterWoon Cheong Ming SC (born 12 September 1956) is a Singaporean lawyer who served as the fifth attorney-general of Singapore between 2008 and 2010...
1 October 2010 – 25 June 2012 Appointed by S. R. Nathan Preceded by WalterWoon Koh Juat Jong (acting) Succeeded by Steven Chong Judicial Commissioner...
public Act originating from a private member's bill initiated by an NMP, WalterWoon. During parliamentary debates, NMPs have also offered critical views...
ISBN 978-981-210-389-5. Chionh, pp. 97–98. WalterWoon (1989), "The Applicability of English Law in Singapore", in WalterWoon (ed.), The Singapore Legal System...
Prime Minister of Singapore Tony Tan: Seventh President of Singapore WalterWoon: Lawyer, academic, diplomat, politician and 7th Attorney-General of Singapore...
Legal Adviser to the President and Council of Presidential Advisers WalterWoon said that, in an election like this, the first-past-the-post system only...
on 12 April 2011. See, for example, WalterWoon (9 January 2010), Speech of Attorney General Professor WalterWoon as Delivered at the Opening of the Legal...
(2022). City, Climate, and Architecture: A Theory of Collective Practice. Walter De Gruyter Incorporated. p. 220. Green Asia: Ecocultures, Sustainable Lifestyles...
to pay maintenance to them. The bill was introduced on 23 May 1994 by WalterWoon, who was then an NMP, and eventually passed on 2 November 1995. In that...
time refused to do so. Diplomat Tommy Koh and former Attorney-General WalterWoon have called on members of the LGBT community to challenge the law. Soon...
Attorneys-General Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim Tan Boon Teik Chan Sek Keong Chao Hick Tin WalterWoon Koh Juat Jong (acting) Sundaresh Menon Steven Chong V. K. Rajah Attorney-General...
Attorneys-General Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim Tan Boon Teik Chan Sek Keong Chao Hick Tin WalterWoon Koh Juat Jong (acting) Sundaresh Menon Steven Chong V. K. Rajah Attorney-General...
Attorneys-General Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim Tan Boon Teik Chan Sek Keong Chao Hick Tin WalterWoon Koh Juat Jong (acting) Sundaresh Menon Steven Chong V. K. Rajah Attorney-General...
sentence, seeking to increase her jail term from nine years to life. WalterWoon, then Attorney-General of Singapore (who took office in April 2008),...
Tang – Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization WalterWoon, SC – former Attorney-General and diplomat K. Shanmugam, SC – Minister...
Attorneys-General Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim Tan Boon Teik Chan Sek Keong Chao Hick Tin WalterWoon Koh Juat Jong (acting) Sundaresh Menon Steven Chong V. K. Rajah Attorney-General...
Attorneys-General Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim Tan Boon Teik Chan Sek Keong Chao Hick Tin WalterWoon Koh Juat Jong (acting) Sundaresh Menon Steven Chong V. K. Rajah Attorney-General...
Attorneys-General Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim Tan Boon Teik Chan Sek Keong Chao Hick Tin WalterWoon Koh Juat Jong (acting) Sundaresh Menon Steven Chong V. K. Rajah Attorney-General...
Attorneys-General Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim Tan Boon Teik Chan Sek Keong Chao Hick Tin WalterWoon Koh Juat Jong (acting) Sundaresh Menon Steven Chong V. K. Rajah Attorney-General...
separation of powers in favour of pragmatism. Former Attorney-General WalterWoon said of Singapore's legal system: "We effectively don't have a Constitution...
Attorneys-General Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim Tan Boon Teik Chan Sek Keong Chao Hick Tin WalterWoon Koh Juat Jong (acting) Sundaresh Menon Steven Chong V. K. Rajah Attorney-General...
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