Chan Chun Sing

**Chan Chun Sing** (; born 9 October 1969) is a Singaporean politician and former major-general. He has been the Minister for Education until 2025 .He has been the Minister-in-charge of Public Service since 2018. Chan is a member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP). He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Buona Vista division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2011. He is now the Minister of Defence for 2025

## Personal life

Chan grew up in a single-parent household and has a sister, Chan Siew Yin. Chan is married with a daughter and two sons. He is a fan of Everton F.C.

## Education

Chan studied at Raffles Institution, Raffles Junior College, Christ's College, Cambridge and MIT Sloan School of Management.

He was awarded the President's Scholarship, Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship and the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship before.

## Military career

Chan joined into the Singapore Army in 1987, and attained the rank Major-General.

On 26 March 2010, Chan became Chief of Army.

Chan stepped down from his job and left the Singapore Armed Forces on 25 March 2011 in order to contest in the 2011 general election.

## Political career

Chan joined politics in the 2011 general election as part of the five-member People's Action Party (PAP) team contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC. He represented the Buona Vista section. The team won and he was elected as a Member of Parliament.

He has served as Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts, Senior Minister of State for Defence, Second Minister for Defence and Minister for Social and Family Development. Other include Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Minister for Trade and Industry.

He is currently serving as Minister for Education since 2021 and Minister-in-charge of Public Service since 2018.

## Other websites

- Chan Chun Sing on Prime Minister's Office
- Chan Chun Sing on Parliament of Singapore

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Honourable
- **caption**: Chan in 2025
- **name**: Chan Chun Sing
- **image**: 2025 Chan Chun Sing (cropped).jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **birth place**: Singapore
- **party**: People's Action Party
- **alma mater**: Christ's College, Cambridge (Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin), MA)
MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA)
US Army Command and General Staff College
- **office**: Minister for Education (Singapore), Minister for Education
- **primeminister**: Lee Hsien Loong
- **term start**: 15 May 2021
- **predecessor**: Lawrence Wong
- **1blankname**: Second Minister
- **1namedata**: Maliki Osman
- **office1**: Prime Minister's Office (Singapore), Minister-in-charge of Public Service
- **term start1**: 1 May 2018
- **predecessor1**: Teo Chee Hean
- **office2**: Minister for Trade and Industry (Singapore), Minister for Trade and Industry
- **primeminister2**: Lee Hsien Loong
- **1blankname2**: Second Minister
- **1namedata2**: Tan See Leng
- **term start2**: 1 May 2018
- **term end2**: 14 May 2021
- **predecessor2**: Lim Hng Kiang (Trade)
S. Iswaran (Industry)
- **successor2**: Gan Kim Yong
- **office3**: Party Whip of the People's Action Party
- **term start3**: 28 September 2015
- **term end3**: 5 June 2019
- **predecessor3**: Gan Kim Yong
- **successor3**: Janil Puthucheary
- **office4**: Prime Minister's Office (Singapore), Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
- **term start4**: 9 April 2015
- **term end4**: 30 April 2018
- **primeminister4**: Lee Hsien Loong
- **successor4**: Ng Chee Meng
Indranee Rajah
- **office5**: Secretary-General of the
National Trades Union Congress
- **term start5**: 4 May 2015
- **term end5**: 30 April 2018
- **deputy5**: Heng Chee How
- **predecessor5**: Lim Swee Say
- **successor5**: Ng Chee Meng
- **office6**: Ministry of Social and Family Development, Minister for Social and Family Development
- **primeminister6**: Lee Hsien Loong
- **term start6**: 1 November 2012
- **term end6**: 9 April 2015

- **predecessor6**: _Himself_
(as Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports)
- **successor6**: Tan Chuan-Jin
- **office7**: Ministry of Defence (Singapore), Second Minister for Defence
- **minister7**: Ng Eng Hen
- **predecessor7**: Ng Eng Hen
- **successor7**: Lui Tuck Yew
- **term start7**: 1 September 2013
- **term end7**: 8 April 2015
- **office8**: Ministry of Defence (Singapore), Senior Minister of State for Defence
- **minister8**: Ng Eng Hen
- **successor8**: Maliki Osman
- **term start8**: 1 August 2012
- **term end8**: 31 August 2013
- **office9**: Ministry for Information, Communications and the Arts, Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts
- **minister9**: Yaacob Ibrahim
- **term start9**: 21 May 2011
- **term end9**: 31 July 2012
- **constituency mp10**: Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency, Tanjong Pagar GRC
 (Buona Vista)
- **term start10**: 7 May 2011
- **predecessor10**: Lim Swee Say
- **majority10**: 32,470 (26.26%)
- **signature**: Chan Chun Sing signature.svg
- **branch**: Singapore Army
- **serviceyears**: 1987–2011
- **rank**: Major-General
- **commands**: Singapore Army#List of chiefs of Army, Chief of Army
Chief of Staff – Joint Staff
Chief Infantry (Singapore Army), Infantry Officer
Commander, 9th Singapore Division, 9th Division
Head, Joint Plans and Transformation Department
Commander, 10th Singapore Infantry Brigade
Military attaché, Army Attaché in Jakarta
Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, Infantry (Singapore Army), Singapore Infantry Regiment