Dr Ng Eng Hen
Minister for Defence
Dr Ng Eng Hen has served as the Minister for Defence since 2011. He previously served as the Minister for Manpower from 2004 to 2008 and Minister for Education from 2008 to 2011, as well as the Leader of the House in Parliament from 2011 to 2015. Dr Ng is also the Chairman of SAFRA Board of Governors.
Dr Ng Eng Hen
Minister for Defence
Dr Ng Eng Hen has served as the Minister for Defence since 2011. He previously served as the Minister for Manpower from 2004 to 2008 and Minister for Education from 2008 to 2011, as well as the Leader of the House in Parliament from 2011 to 2015. Dr Ng is also the Chairman of SAFRA Board of Governors.
WORK AND APPOINTMENTS
1992 - 1997
Consultant Surgeon, Singapore General Hospital
1997 - 2001
Private Practice, Mount Elizabeth Hospital
2001
Member of Parliament, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
2002
Minister of State for Education and Manpower
May 2003
Acting Minister for Manpower & Minister of State for Education
August 2004
Minister for Manpower & Second Minister for Education
July 2005
Minister for Manpower & Second Minister for Defence
May 2006
Re-elected Member of Parliament, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
May 2006
Re-appointed Minister for Manpower & Second Minister for Defence
April 2008
Minister for Education & Second Minister for Defence
May 2011
Re-elected Member of Parliament, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
May 2011
Minister for Defence
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND MEMBERSHIP
1986
Fellow Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
1989
New York Hospital - Cornell University Medical Centre Research Fellow, Laboratory of Surgical Metabolism
1990
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre Clinical Fellow, Surgical Oncology (First Prize Winner - Clinical Research)
1990
Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
1992
American Society of Surgical Oncology
1998
Founder Member, Breast Cancer Foundation, Singapore
1999
American Society of Clinical Oncology
EDUCATION
1964 - 1974
Anglo-Chinese School
1975 - 1976
National Junior College
1977 - 1987
National University of Singapore
1982
M.B.B.S. with distinctions in Social Medicine and Public Health
1987
Master in Medicine (Surgery)