| Name |
: |
S. Iswaran (Member of Parliament) |
| Constituency |
: |
West Coast GRC |
Party Affiliation
|
|
People’s Action Party |
| Place of Birth |
: |
Madras, India |
| Date of Birth |
: |
14.06.1962 |
| Marital Status |
: |
Married |
| No of Children |
: |
3 |
| Religion |
: |
Hinduism |
| Educational Qualifications |
| 1978 |
|
GCE
`O' Level (St Andrew's Secondary
School) |
| 1980 |
|
GCE
`A' Level (National Junior College) |
| 1986 |
|
B Econ
(1st Class Hons) (University of
Adelaide, Australia) |
| 1995 |
|
Master
of Public Administration (Harvard
University, USA) |
| Present
Occupation |
| 01.04.2009 |
|
Senior
Minister of State, Ministry of
Trade and Industry and Ministry
of Education |
| Office-holding
Appointments |
| 01.09.2004 |
|
30.06.2006 |
|
Deputy
Speaker of Parliament |
| 01.07.2006 |
|
31.03.2008 |
|
Minister
of State, Ministry of Trade and
Industry |
| 01.04.2008 |
|
31.03.2009 |
|
Senior
Minister of State, Ministry of
Trade and Industry |
| Select
Committees |
| House
Committee |
|
Member |
|
9th
Parliament, 1st Session |
| House
Committee |
|
Member |
|
9th
Parliament, 2nd Session |
| House
Committee |
|
Member |
|
10th
Parliament, 1st Session |
| Standing
Orders Committee |
|
Member |
|
10th
Parliament, 1st Session |
| Public
Accounts Committee |
|
Member |
|
10th
Parliament, 1st Session |
| Standing
Orders Committee |
|
Member |
|
10th
Parliament, 2nd Session |
| House
Committee |
|
Member |
|
10th
Parliament, 2nd Session |
| Public
Accounts Committee |
|
Member |
|
10th
Parliament, 2nd Session |
| Committee
of Selection |
|
Member |
|
11th
Parliament, 1st Session |
| Career |
| 1987-1988 |
|
Ministry
of Home Affairs, Deputy Director
(Police, Security and Rehabilitation) |
| 1988-1990 |
|
Ministry
of Education, Deputy Director
(School Planning and Development) |
| 1991-1991 |
|
Deputy
Director (Special Projects), National
Trade Union Congress |
| 1991-1994 |
|
Chief
Executive Officer, Singapore Indian
Development Association (SINDA) |
| 1995-1996 |
|
Ministry
of Trade and Industry, Director
(International Trade) |
| 1996-1998 |
|
Director, Singapore Technologies
Pte Ltd (Strategic Development) |
| 1998-2000 |
|
Senior
Vice President, Direct Investments,
Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd |
| 1998-Jun
06 |
|
Managing
Director, Temasek Holdings (Pte)
Ltd |
| Awards and Decorations |
| 1978 |
|
Dux
Award, St Andrew's Secondary School |
| 1980 |
|
ECA
Award, National Junior College |
| 1982 |
|
Colombo
Plan Scholarship |
| 1985 |
|
ECA
Award, Aquinas College, University
of Adelaide |
| 1994 |
|
Post-Graduate
Scholarship (PGS) for Management
Training |
| Interests |
| Reading, music, travelling, tennis, golf |
| Acronyms |
| PSLE |
|
Primary School Leaving Examination |
| GCE ‘O’ Level |
|
Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level) |
| GCE ‘A’ Level |
|
Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education (Advance Level) |
| |
|
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