Serving with S. Jayakumar (2004–2009) and Teo Chee Hean (2009–2019)
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by
Tony Tan Lee Hsien Loong
Succeeded by
Tharman Shanmugaratnam Teo Chee Hean
Coordinating Minister for National Security
In office 1 November 2010 – 20 May 2011
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by
S. Jayakumar
Succeeded by
Teo Chee Hean
Minister for Home Affairs
In office 2 January 1994 – 31 October 2010
Prime Minister
Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong
Second Minister
K. Shanmugam (from 2008)
Preceded by
S. Jayakumar
Succeeded by
K. Shanmugam
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 13 September 1988 – 1 January 1994
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong
Preceded by
S. Dhanabalan
Succeeded by
S. Jayakumar
Leader of the House
In office 25 February 1987 – 31 March 2007
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by
S. Dhanabalan
Succeeded by
Mah Bow Tan
Minister for Community Development
In office 1 January 1987 – 30 June 1991 Acting: 18 February 1986 – 31 December 1986
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong
Preceded by
S. Dhanabalan
Succeeded by
Seet Ai Mee
Member of Parliament for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Bishan East)
In office 2 January 1997 – 11 September 2015
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Chong Kee Hiong (PAP)
Member of Parliament for Thomson GRC (Bishan East)
In office 31 August 1991 – 23 December 1996
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Member of Parliament for Kuo Chuan SMC
In office 22 December 1984 – 24 August 1991
Preceded by
Pathmanaban Selvadurai (PAP)
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Wong Kan Seng
(1946-09-08) 8 September 1946 (age 77) Colony of Singapore
Political party
Independent
Other political affiliations
People's Action Party (1984–2015)
Spouse
Ruth Lee Hong Geok
Children
2
Alma mater
University of Singapore (BA) London Business School (MSc)
Occupation
Business executive
politician
civil servant
teacher[1]
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wong.
Wong Kan SengPPA(P) (Chinese: 黄根成; pinyin: Huáng Gēnchéng; Jyutping: Wong4 Gan1 Sing4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Kun-sêng; born 8 September 1946)[2] is a Singaporean former politician who served as 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2005 and 2011 and currently is the chairman of UOB Bank since 2018.
As a member of Singapore's governing People's Action Party (PAP), Wong served in the Cabinet as Minister for Community Development between 1987 and 1991, Leader of the House between 1987 and 2007, Minister for Foreign Affairs between 1988 and 1994, Minister for Home Affairs between 1994 and 2010, Deputy Prime Minister between 2005 and 2011, and Coordinating Minister for National Security between 2010 and 2011. He continued to serve as a Member of Parliament on the backbenches until 2015.
As a Member of Parliament, Wong represented the constituency of Kuo Chuan between 1984 and 1988, the Bishan East division of Thomson GRC between 1991 and 1997, and later Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC between 1997 and 2015.
^"Cabinet Appointments: Wong Kan Seng". Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^"Profile of Wong Kan Seng". Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
following the fall of Saigon in 1975. The operation was oversaw by WongKanSeng. Following the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, large numbers of South...
Lawrence Wong as the 4th Prime Minister of Singapore after Lee Hsien Loong resigned as Prime Minister. Tharman's appointment of Lawrence Wong as the Prime...
contesting in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC in the 2015 general election after WongKanSeng, Hri Kumar and Zainudin Nordin stepped down from their respective wards...
Parliament, but during a 1988 parliamentary debate the Leader of the House, WongKanSeng, said it would be polite for MPs to refer to their colleagues using...
the election of the Speaker of Parliament, the Leader of the House WongKanSeng said that he proposed to treat Chiam, then the SDP's secretary-general...
eventually passed to effect the change, the Minister for Home Affairs WongKanSeng said that the NMP scheme was now well accepted by practically all MPs...
Serangoon Gardens itself. Thomson GRC was led by Leong Horn Kee and WongKanSeng. The ward only exist for one term until 1997. Bishan and Thomson, along...
Richard Hu, WongKanSeng 12th Cabinet (formed November 2001): Goh Chok Tong, Lee Kuan Yew, Lee Hsien Loong, Tony Tan, S. Jayakumar, WongKanSeng, Teo Chee...
Command Headquarters was formally opened by Minister for Home Affairs WongKanSeng. The Police Coast Guard has since rebuilt its new headquarters at the...
entrench and promote its role as a financial hub. Regional economist Song Seng Wun said that with the growing sophistication of the economy and the financial...
study to determine how the fugitive escaped. Deputy Prime Minister WongKanSeng acknowledged that a security lapse led to his escape, and that everything...
Minister Lee Hsien Loong Preceded by S. Jayakumar WongKanSeng Succeeded by Heng Swee Keat Lawrence Wong Minister for Home Affairs In office 21 May 2011 –...
opposite Sharon Au's Kwa Geok Choo. In October 2015, sculptor Lim Leong Seng exhibited a 75 cm bronze sculpture he made of Lee, entitled Weathering Storms...
Shopping Centre. It opened on 1 September 2006 by Deputy Prime Minister, WongKanSeng. The library was conceived in the late 1990s because of high traffic...
the meeting, 1,414 voted for the no-confidence. Deputy Prime minister WongKanSeng commented that "a group of conservative Christians, all attending the...
Rehabilitation Centre on 23 April 1994 by Minister for Home Affairs WongKanSeng. In 1998, Chua Chin Kiat took over as Director of Singapore Prison Service...
Constitution of Singapore. Responding, the Minister for Home Affairs, WongKanSeng, stated: While the Constitution does not contain an expressed declaration...
officially opened on 8 February 2007 by the Minister for Home Affairs, DPM WongKanSeng. On 6 December 1984, police boat PX-5 left its base in Jurong for routine...
People's Action Party (PAP) team contesting in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC after WongKanSeng, Hri Kumar and Zainudin Nordin stepped down from their respective wards...
misplaced the form. Two PAP leaders WongKanSeng and Lee Kuan Yew called Gomez a "liar" and Lee dared Gomez to sue him and Wong. George Yeo (PAP) also suggested...
Mahbubani Ng Ong Rajah Rajaratnam Shanmugam Shanmugaratnam Tan Teo Toh Wong (KanSeng) Wong (Lawerence) Yeo Parties and organisations People's Action Party Central...
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