Heng Chee How

The Honourable Heng Chee How
王志豪
Heng in 2020
Senior Minister of State for Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2018 Serving with Zaqy Mohamad (2020–present)
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Minister	Ng Eng Hen
Preceded by	Ong Ye Kung
Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 1999
Secretary-General	Lim Boon Heng Lim Swee Say Chan Chun Sing Ng Chee Meng
Mayor of Central Singapore District
In office 24 November 2001 – 29 May 2006
Prime Minister	Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by	Yaacob Ibrahim
Succeeded by	Zainudin Nordin
Ministerial offices Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office In office 21 May 2011 – 30 April 2018 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office In office 1 April 2008 – 20 May 2011 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Minister of State for Health In office 30 May 2006 – 31 March 2008 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Minister Khaw Boon Wan Minister of State for National Development In office 1 May 2005 – 29 May 2006 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Minister Mah Bow Tan Minister of State for Trade and Industry In office 12 August 2004 – 30 September 2005 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Minister Lim Hng Kiang
Parliamentary offices Deputy Leader of the House In office 31 May 2011 – 30 September 2015 Preceded by Ng Eng Hen Succeeded by Desmond Lee Member of Parliament for Jalan Besar GRC (Whampoa) Incumbent Assumed office 11 September 2015 Preceded by Constituency established Majority 30,370 (30.72%) In office 3 November 2001 – April 2011 Preceded by Choo Wee Khiang (PAP) Succeeded by Constituency abolished Member of Parliament for Whampoa SMC In office 7 May 2011 – 18 April 2015 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1961-07-14) 14 July 1961 (age 63)[1][2] Colony of Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Spouse	Goh Soon Poh
Children	1
Alma mater	Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (MA) Harvard University (MPA)
Occupation	Politician trade unionist police officer
Police career
Department	Singapore Police Force
Service years	1983–1995
Rank	Superintendent

Heng Chee How (Chinese: 王志豪; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hêng Chì-hâu; pinyin: Wáng Zhìháo; born 14 July 1961)^[1][2] is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former police officer who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for Defence since 2018 and Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trade Union Congress since 1999. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Whampoa division of Jalan Besar GRC since 2001.

Prior to entering politics, Heng had worked at the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).

He made his political debut in the 1997 general election as a solo PAP candidate contesting in Hougang SMC against the Workers' Party's Low Thia Khiang. He lost to Low, who won 58.02% of the vote against his 41.98%.

During the 2001 general election, Heng joined the five-member PAP team contesting in Jalan Besar GRC and won with 74.48% of the vote. Heng was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Whampoa ward of Jalan Besar GRC. Since then, he had retained his parliamentary seat in subsequent elections and had served as Minister of State and later Senior Minister of State in various ministries. He also served as Deputy Leader of the House in Parliament between 2011 and 2015.