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Tan Chuan-Jin
Tan Chuan-Jin PPA(P) (Chinese: 陈川仁; pinyin: Chén Chuānrén; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Chhoan-jîn; born 10 January 1969) is a Singaporean former politician and brigadier-general. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he served as Speaker of Parliament between 2017 and 2023, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) from 2011 to 2023.
He also served as Minister for Manpower between 2014 and 2015, and Minister for Social and Family Development between 2015 and 2017.
Prior to his appointment to the Cabinet, he served as a Senior Minister of State and Acting Minister between 2012 and 2014. Tan also served as President of the Singapore National Olympic Council between 2014 and 2023.
In July 2023, both Tan and Cheng Li Hui resigned from Parliament and the PAP after admitting to a years-long extramarital affair with each other. Tan resigned as an MP, the Speaker of Parliament and a member of the PAP on 17 July. His division was temporarily covered by Edwin Tong, fellow MP for Marine Parade GRC.
Tan attended Anglo-Chinese School and Raffles Junior College before graduating from the London School of Economics with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics under the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship.
He also completed a Master of Arts degree in defence studies at King's College London, and a Master of Public Administration degree at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in 2008.
Tan enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces in 1987 and was commissioned as an officer in the Singapore Army before attaining the rank Brigadier-General. During his time in the military, he held various command and staff positions, including Commanding Officer of the 3 Guards Battalion, Army Attaché at the Singapore embassy in Jakarta, Commander of the 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade, Assistant Chief of the General Staff (Plans), Commander of the 3rd Division, and Commander of the Army Training and Doctrine Command. In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tan was the commander of the Singapore Armed Forces Humanitarian Assistance Task Force deployed to Meulaboh. He received the Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Military) for services rendered in the Tsunami Relief Operation in 2005. He was also the chairman of the executive committee of the 2009 Singapore National Day Parade.
On 25 March 2011, Tan retired from the Singapore Armed Forces to enter politics.
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Tan Chuan-Jin
Tan Chuan-Jin PPA(P) (Chinese: 陈川仁; pinyin: Chén Chuānrén; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Chhoan-jîn; born 10 January 1969) is a Singaporean former politician and brigadier-general. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he served as Speaker of Parliament between 2017 and 2023, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) from 2011 to 2023.
He also served as Minister for Manpower between 2014 and 2015, and Minister for Social and Family Development between 2015 and 2017.
Prior to his appointment to the Cabinet, he served as a Senior Minister of State and Acting Minister between 2012 and 2014. Tan also served as President of the Singapore National Olympic Council between 2014 and 2023.
In July 2023, both Tan and Cheng Li Hui resigned from Parliament and the PAP after admitting to a years-long extramarital affair with each other. Tan resigned as an MP, the Speaker of Parliament and a member of the PAP on 17 July. His division was temporarily covered by Edwin Tong, fellow MP for Marine Parade GRC.
Tan attended Anglo-Chinese School and Raffles Junior College before graduating from the London School of Economics with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics under the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship.
He also completed a Master of Arts degree in defence studies at King's College London, and a Master of Public Administration degree at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in 2008.
Tan enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces in 1987 and was commissioned as an officer in the Singapore Army before attaining the rank Brigadier-General. During his time in the military, he held various command and staff positions, including Commanding Officer of the 3 Guards Battalion, Army Attaché at the Singapore embassy in Jakarta, Commander of the 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade, Assistant Chief of the General Staff (Plans), Commander of the 3rd Division, and Commander of the Army Training and Doctrine Command. In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Tan was the commander of the Singapore Armed Forces Humanitarian Assistance Task Force deployed to Meulaboh. He received the Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Military) for services rendered in the Tsunami Relief Operation in 2005. He was also the chairman of the executive committee of the 2009 Singapore National Day Parade.
On 25 March 2011, Tan retired from the Singapore Armed Forces to enter politics.