Ong Ye Kung
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The Honourable Ong Ye Kung MP |
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| 王乙康 | |
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| Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) |
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Assumed office 1 November 2016 Acting: 1 October 2015 – 31 October 2016 Serving with Ng Chee Meng (Schools) (2015) |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Heng Swee Keat |
| Second Minister for Defence Ministry of Defence |
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Assumed office 1 November 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Ng Eng Hen |
| Senior Minister of State Ministry of Defence |
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In office 1 October 2015 – 31 October 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Ng Eng Hen |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Sembawang GRC (Gambas) |
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Assumed office 11 September 2015 |
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| Personal details | |
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15 November 1969 Singapore |
| Nationality | Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party (2011) |
| Spouse(s) | Diana Kuik Sin Leng |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Ong Ye Kung (Chinese: 王乙康; pinyin: Wáng Yĭ Kāng; born 15 November 1969) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is currently the Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) and Second Minister for the Ministry of Defence. He has also been a Member of parliament (MP) for Sembawang GRC since September 2015 following the 2015 general elections.
He was previously the Director of Group Strategy at Keppel Corporation in Singapore., Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), the Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency, and the Principal Private Secretary to Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong.
In August 2015, the PAP announced that Ong would be a candidate for the party in the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency at the 2015 general election. His team won, and subsequently, he was elected to Parliament.
Ong is appointed Acting Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) and Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence since 1 October 2015. Together with another minister Ng Chee Meng, they have both been promoted to full-ministers on 1 November 2016 and became second ministers in their respective Defence and Transport portfolios despite little political experience.
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