Alvin Tan

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Alvin Tan Sheng Hui (born June 30, 1980 in Singapore ) is a Singaporean politician ( People's Action Party ) who is currently a member of the Singapore Parliament for the constituency of Tanjong Pagar GRC (Moulmein-Cairnhill). Before 2020, Melvin Yong was MP for Moulmein-Cairnhill from 2015 to 2020, and before that, Khaw Boon Wan and Lui Tuck Yew cut their teeth in those constituencies.

education

Tan holds a world-class bachelor's degree in economics from Sydney University and a master's in public policy from Harvard University . There he received the International and Global Affairs Fellowship of the Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs in 2009. He later announced that he was not qualified to study at a local university.

Career

After graduating, Tan worked in various organizations:

  • Singapore Armed Forces Platoon Trainer, United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (November 2001 - February 2002)
  • Oxfam Assistant Coordinator, International Youth Parliament (June 2003 - January 2004)
  • Ministry of Defense Counter-Terrorism Analyst (March 2006 - August 2008)
  • Executive Office of United Nations (June 2009 - April 2010)
  • Vice-President and Executive Director of Asia Pacific, Goldman Sachs (July 2010 - April 2015)
  • Facebook Head of Public Policy (March 2015 - February 2019)
  • Facebook Head of Trust and Society (February 2019 - July 2019)
  • LinkedIn Director and Head of Public Policy and Economics (Asia Pacific) (July 2019 - July 2020)
  • Minister of State for Trade and Industry, and Culture, Community and Youth (July 2020 - gift)

Also, Alvin Tan worked under Lily Neo when she was a MP before Josephine Teo took over the Chinatown constituency in 2020.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GE 2020: LinkedIn head & Republic Poly lecturer among new PAP candidates . June 25, 2020. Accessed July 15, 2020. 
  2. ↑ a b Singapore GE2020: Two new faces in PAP's Tanjong Pagar GRC team led by Chan Chun Sing . June 29, 2020. Accessed July 15, 2020. 
personal data
SURNAME Tan, Alvin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tan Sheng Hui, Alvin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Singaporean politician (PAP), MP
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Singapore