Thio Li-ann
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Professor Dr. Thio Li-ann |
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| 张黎衍 | |
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In office 18 January 2007 – 17 July 2009 |
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| Personal details | |
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10 March 1968 Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party | Nominated Member of Parliament – no party affiliation |
| Relations | Thio Su Mien (mother), Josie Lau Meng Lee (cousin-in-law) |
| Alma mater | Keble College, Oxford (B.A. (Hons.) Jurisprudence, 1990); Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1993); University of Cambridge (Ph.D., 2000) |
| Occupation | Law academic at the Faculty of Law, NUS |
| Profession | Law professor |
| Religion | Christian (Evangelical) |
| Website |
Thio-Li-ann at the Parliament of Singapore website; Thio Li-ann at the website of the Faculty of Law, NUS |
Thio Li-ann (simplified Chinese: 张黎衍; traditional Chinese: 張黎衍; pinyin: Zhāng Lí Yǎn; born 10 March 1968) is a Singaporean law professor at the National University of Singapore. She was educated at the University of Oxford, Harvard Law School and the University of Cambridge. In January 2007, she was appointed a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) in Singapore's 11th Parliament.
Thio Li-ann was born in Singapore on 10 March 1968. Her mother is Dr. Thio (née Huang) Su Mien, former Dean of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and presently Senior Executive Director of TSMP Law Corporation; her brother, Thio Shen Yi, is Joint Managing Director of the same law firm.
Thio was educated at the Singapore Chinese Girls' School (1975–1984) and Hwa Chong Junior College (1984–1986), at the latter on a Humanities Award from the Ministry of Education. She took a Bachelor of Arts (B.A. (Hons.)) in Jurisprudence at Keble College, Oxford between 1987 and 1990. At Oxford she was awarded the Law Moderations Book Prize (Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Roman Law) in 1988. She was called to the Bar as a barrister at Gray's Inn in 1991.
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