Ng Eng Hen
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Dr Ng Eng Hen MP |
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| 黄永宏 | |
Ng Eng Hen at The Pentagon, United States, on 4 April 2012
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| Minister for Defence | |
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Assumed office 21 May 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Teo Chee Hean |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC (Toa Payoh Central) |
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Assumed office 25 October 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Ibrahim Othman |
| Leader of the House | |
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In office 31 May 2011 – 30 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Deputy | Heng Chee How |
| Preceded by | Mah Bow Tan |
| Succeeded by | Grace Fu |
| Minister for Education | |
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In office 1 April 2008 – 21 May 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
| Succeeded by | Heng Swee Keat |
| Minister for Manpower | |
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In office 12 August 2004 – April 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Lee Boon Yang |
| Succeeded by | Gan Kim Yong |
| Second Minister for Defence | |
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In office July 2005 – 21 May 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Teo Chee Hean |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Personal details | |
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December 10, 1958 Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party (2001) |
| Spouse(s) | Ivy Lim Swee Lian |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore |
Ng Eng Hen (simplified Chinese: 黄永宏; traditional Chinese: 黃永宏; pinyin: Huáng Yǒng Hóng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Éng-hông; born 10 December 1958) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Minister for Defence since 2011 and was re-elected in this role in October 2015. He previously served as the Minister for Manpower from 2004 to 2008 and Minister for Education from 2008 to 2011, as well as the Leader of the House in Parliament from 2011 to 2015. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2001.
Ng is one of six children and lived in a rental flat in Zion Road during his childhood. He attended Anglo-Chinese School and National Junior College, before going on to medical school at the National University of Singapore and fellowship training in surgical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
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