Lim Swee Say

Lim Swee Say
At the Holland–Bukit Timah GRC and Bukit Panjang SMC PAP Community Foundation 25th Anniversary Carnival
Minister in Prime Minister's Office
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 August 2004
Constituency	East Coast GRC
Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 May 2011
Preceded by	S. Jayakumar
Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC Tanjong Pagar GRC (1996-2001) Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC (2001-2006)
In office 23 December 1996 – 27 April 2011
Preceded by	Peter Sung
Succeeded by	Chan Chun Sing
Personal details
Born	July 13, 1954 (1954-07-13) Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Alma mater	Loughborough University, Stanford University

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lim.

Lim Swee Say (Chinese: 林瑞生; pinyin: Lín Ruìshēng, born 13 July 1954) is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is currently a Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and the Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). He previously served as the Minister for the Environment from 2001 to 2004. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1996.

Career

Lim served at Singapore's National Computer Board as Chief Executive from 1986 to 1991, and as Chairman from 1994 to 1998. He also served at Singapore's Economic Development Board as Deputy Managing Director based in New York City from 1991 to 1993, and as Managing Director from 1994 to 1996.

Political career

At the 1997 general election, Lim was a PAP candidate in the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (GRC), and was elected in a walkover. He was on the PAP's team in Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC at the 2001 general election, and in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC at the 2006 general election, and was elected unopposed on both occasions. At the 2011 general election, Lim stood in East Coast GRC, where the PAP's team defeated the team from the Workers' Party by 59,992 votes (54.8%) to 49,429 (45.2%).

Lim served as Deputy Secretary-General of the NTUC from 1997 to 1999. He also served on the Committee on Singapore's Competitiveness from 1997 to 1998, and chaired its Sub-committee on Manpower Development.

In 1999, Lim was appointed a Minister of State at the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts.

Lim was made the Acting Minister for the Environment in 2000. He became a full member of the Cabinet in 2001.

In 2004, Lim was appointed a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. He also served as the Second Minister for National Development from 2004 to 2005.

In 2005, Lim became the Deputy Secretary-General of the NTUC for the second time (while continuing to serve concurrently as a Minister without portfolio in the Prime Minister's Office). In 2007, he was made the Secretary-General of the NTUC.

Mr Lim has been a member of the PAP's Central Executive Committee since 1999, and served as the Chairman of the Young PAP (the party's youth wing) from 2000 to 2004.

Education

Lim was educated at Catholic High School and National Junior College, before being awarded a Singapore Armed Forces Scholarship in 1973 to study in the United Kingdom at Loughborough University. He graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Electronics, Computer and Systems Engineering in 1976. In 1991, Lim completed a Master's Degree in Management at Stanford University.

Personal life

Lim is married to Elaine Cheong Siew Boon. The couple has one daughter and one son.

External links

• Lim Swee Say at cabinet.gov.sg
• Lim Swee Say at parliament.gov.sg

Political offices
Preceded by ?	Minister of State for Trade and Industry 1999 - 2000	Succeeded by Lee Yi Shyan
Preceded by ?	Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology 1999 - 2001	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Teo Chee Hean	Minister for the Environment 2000–2001 (Acting) 2001 - 2004	Succeeded by Yaacob Ibrahim
Preceded by ?	Minister in the Prime Minister's Office 2004 - present	Incumbent
Preceded by ?	Second Minister for National Development 2004–2005	Succeeded by ?
Party political offices
Preceded by ?	Chairman, Young PAP 2000 - 2004	Succeeded by Vivian Balakrishnan
Government offices
Preceded by ?	Deputy Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress 1997 - 1999, 2005 - 2006	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Lim Boon Heng	Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress 2007	Incumbent