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Ang Yong Guan

Ang Yong Guan PBM (Chinese: 洪永元; pinyin: Hóng Yǒngyuán; born 24 January 1955) is a Singaporean politician, psychiatrist and former Singapore Armed Forces colonel. As a member of the opposition Progress Singapore Party (PSP), he served as the Head of Training and Development between 2020 and 2023 and has been the PSP's Second Assistant Secretary-General between 2023 and 2025.

Ang graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1979 and had his postgraduate training in psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh between 1984 and 1986.

Ang had served in the Singapore Armed Forces for 23 years, and was Chief Psychiatrist of the Psychological Medicine Branch before he retired from the SAF in 2003. He attained the highest rank of Colonel.

In 2011 general election, Ang joined the Singapore Democratic Party. Along with team members, Tan Jee Say, Vincent Wijeysingha and Michelle Leea contested in a four-member Holland–Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and obtained 39.92% of valid votes.

In 2014, Ang was appointed as chairman of SingFirst. In the 2015 general election, Ang joined SingFirst along with team members, Tan Jee Say, Melvyn Chiu, Chirag Praful Desail and Mohamad Fahmi Bin Ahmad Rais contested in a five-member Tanjong Pagar GRC and obtained with 22.29% of valid votes.

On 25 June 2020, Tan dissolved SingFirst. Ang joined as a candidate of the PSP in the 2020 Singaporean general election and stood in the newly created Marymount Single Member Constituency (SMC) but was defeated with 44.96% of valid votes.

After the 2020 general election, Ang was appointed as Head of Training and Development of the PSP between 2020 and 2023. On 4 April 2023, Ang was appointed as second Assistant Secretary-General of the PSP.

In 2025, Ang has informed the party in January that when his current CEC (central executive committee) term ends next month, he will not seek re-election nor participate in the 2025 general election.

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