Grace Fu
Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources | |
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In office 21 May 2011 – 30 July 2012 | |
Minister | Vivian Balakrishnan |
Succeeded by | Amy Khor |
Senior Minister of State for Education | |
In office 1 April 2008 – 20 May 2011 | |
Minister | Ng Eng Hen |
Succeeded by | Lawrence Wong |
Senior Minister of State for National Development | |
In office 1 April 2008 – 20 May 2011 | |
Minister | Mah Bow Tan |
Succeeded by | Desmond Lee |
Member of Parliament for Yuhua SMC | |
Assumed office 21 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Majority | 8,217 (41.08%) |
Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC (Yuhua) | |
In office 27 April 2006 – 18 April 2011 | |
Preceded by | Yu-Foo Yee Shoon |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] State of Singapore | 29 March 1964
Political party | People's Action Party |
Spouse | Ivan Lee |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | National University of Singapore (BAcy, MBA) |
Grace Fu Hai Yien
An accountant by profession, Fu had worked at
Before her appointment as the Minister of Sustainability and the Environment, Fu served as
Early life and education
Fu was born on 29 March 1964 in Singapore. She was educated at
Career
Fu started her career at the
In October 1995, Fu joined PSA Corporation as Assistant Director (Finance). She took on additional responsibility as Vice-President (Marketing), and assumed the position of Financial Controller in October 1998. She was promoted to Executive Vice-President (Finance) in January 1999. In April 2003, Fu was appointed CEO of Singapore Terminals. In 2004, she became CEO of PSA South East Asia and Japan, where she was responsible for the business performance of PSA's flagship terminals in Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, and Japan.[3]
Fu has been a non-practising member of the
Political career
Fu made her political debut in the 2006 general election as part of the five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC and won. Fu was subsequently elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Yuhua division of Jurong GRC in June 2006. She was one of 24 new PAP candidates introduced ahead of the general election.
On 1 August 2006, Fu was appointed Minister of State for National Development.
On 1 April 2008, Fu was promoted to Senior Minister of State for National Development, and appointed Senior Minister of State for Education concurrently.
At the
In January 2012, Fu expressed concerns over the
On 31 July 2012, Fu was made full minister, becoming the second woman in Singapore's history, after Lim Hwee Hua, to become a full minister in the Cabinet. She served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2015.[12]
In 2014, as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Fu was in charge of the Municipal Services Office.[13]
In 2015, Fu was appointed Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, becoming the first female minister in Singapore to head a ministry.
Following the 2020 general election, Fu became Organising Secretary of the PAP's Central Executive Committee (CEC), and an advisor of Yuhua SMC Grassroots Organisations.
Fu served as Leader of the House from 2015 to 2020, before being appointed Minister for Sustainability and the Environment in 2020.
She has also been a member of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, co-chaired by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, and Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley, since 2020.
On 14 January 2024, following the resignation of
Personal life
Fu's father, James Fu, was a former leftist journalist who became press secretary to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.[16][17] Her mother was a nurse.[18]
Fu is married to technopreneur Ivan Lee and they have three sons.[19][20]
References
- ^ a b "PARL | MP". Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "2011 Honorary Awards" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "PMO | Ms Grace FU Hai Yien". 7 September 2020. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "MP Profile – Grace Fu". Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- Channel NewsAsia. Archivedfrom the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Chan, Rachel (6 January 2012). "Furore over minister's pay-cut post". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Wong, Alicia (6 January 2012). "Grace Fu clarifies Facebook post on ministerial pay". TodayOnline. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012.
- ^ Seah, Chiang Nee (7 January 2012). "PAP mood turns sour over pay cuts". The Star. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012.
- ^ Shamim, Adam; Lim, Weiyi (5 January 2012). "Singapore's Lee Fights Voter Grievances by Accepting Pay Cut". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012.
- ^ Mokhtar, Faris (6 January 2012). "Public misunderstood my comments: Grace Fu". Yahoo! News SG. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ Kong, Loh Chee (5 January 2011). "Deep cuts proposed to pay of political leaders". TodayOnline. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012.
- ^ "Singapore reshuffles Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ Migration (17 August 2014). "National Day Rally 2014: New Municipal Services Office to serve residents seamlessly | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ https://www.pmo.gov.sg/Newsroom/Changes-to-Cabinet-and-Other-Appointments-Jan-2024
- ^ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/grace-fu-elected-singapore-national-olympic-council-snoc-president-tan-chuan-jin-resignation-4027516
- ISBN 9789971695941. Archivedfrom the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Toh, Elgin (24 March 2015). "First among equals: Mr Lee Kuan Yew led a tiny island nation from Third World to First". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Chang, Rachel (12 August 2012). "Grace Fu: Steely leader sticks to her convictions". The Straits Times.
- ^ Heng, Janice (8 March 2015). "When a woman outshines her man". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ A Chat with Grace Fu Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, pap.org.sg, 10 June 2006.
External links
- Grace Fu on Prime Minister's Office
- Grace Fu on Parliament of Singapore
- Grace Fu on Facebook