Sim Ann

Sim Ann
沈颖
Sim in 2021
Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
15 May 2021
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
MinisterVivian Balakrishnan
Preceded byChee Hong Tat
Senior Minister of State for National Development
Assumed office
27 July 2020
Serving with Tan Kiat How (2022–present)
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
MinisterDesmond Lee
Deputy Party Whip of the
People's Action Party
Assumed office
6 June 2019
Serving with Zaqy Mohamad (2019–2020)
Secretary-GeneralLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
Party WhipJanil Puthucheary
Preceded bySam Tan
Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information
In office
1 May 2018 – 14 May 2021
Serving with Janil Puthucheary
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterS. Iswaran
Succeeded byTan Kiat How
(2022)
Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth
In office
1 October 2015 – 26 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterGrace Fu
Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry
In office
22 August 2016 – 30 April 2018
Serving with Koh Poh Koon
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterLim Hng Kiang (Trade)
S. Iswaran (Industry)
Succeeded byChee Hong Tat
Senior Minister of State for Finance
In office
1 October 2015 – 21 August 2016
Serving with Indranee Rajah
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterHeng Swee Keat
Preceded byJosephine Teo
Succeeded byChee Hong Tat (2022)
Minister of State for Communications and Information
In office
1 September 2013 – 30 September 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterYaacob Ibrahim
Succeeded byChee Hong Tat
Minister of State for Education
In office
1 September 2013 – 30 September 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterHeng Swee Keat
Succeeded byJanil Puthucheary (2016)
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Communications and Information
In office
1 November 2012 – 31 August 2013
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterYaacob Ibrahim
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education
In office
21 May 2011 – 31 August 2013
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterHeng Swee Keat
Succeeded byLow Yen Ling (2015)
Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (2015)
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law
In office
21 May 2011 – 31 October 2012
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterK. Shanmugam
Succeeded byRahayu Mahzam (2022)
Member of Parliament
for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC
(Bukit Timah)
Assumed office
7 May 2011
Preceded byYu-Foo Yee Shoon (PAP)
Majority34,991 (32.72%)
Personal details
Born (1975-03-12) 12 March 1975 (age 49)
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
SpouseMok Ying Jang
Children3
Alma materExeter College, Oxford (MA)
Stanford University (MA)
Nanyang Technological University

Sim Ann (Chinese: 沈颖; pinyin: Shěn Yǐng; born 12 March 1975) is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for National Development since 2020 and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bukit Timah division of Holland–Bukit Timah GRC since 2011. She has also been serving as the party's Deputy Party Whip since 2019.

A recipient of the President's Scholarship, Sim started her career in the Civil Service and had worked in the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

She made her political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a four-member PAP team contesting in Holland–Bukit Timah GRC, and won 60.1% of the vote.


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