Zaqy Mohamad | |
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زاقي محمد | |
Deputy Leader of the House | |
Assumed office 24 August 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
Leader | Indranee Rajah |
Preceded by | Desmond Lee |
Senior Minister of State for Manpower | |
Assumed office 27 July 2020 Serving with Koh Poh Koon (2021–present) | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
Minister | Josephine Teo (2018–2021) Tan See Leng (2021–present) |
Senior Minister of State for Defence | |
Assumed office 27 July 2020 Serving with Heng Chee How (2018–present) | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
Minister | Ng Eng Hen |
Preceded by | Maliki Osman |
Minister of State for Manpower | |
In office 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Josephine Teo |
Preceded by | Sam Tan |
Succeeded by | Gan Siow Huang |
Minister of State for National Development | |
In office 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Lawrence Wong |
Preceded by | Koh Poh Koon |
Succeeded by | Tan Kiat How (2020–2022) Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (2020–present) |
Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party | |
In office 6 June 2019 – 23 August 2020 Serving with Sim Ann (2019–present) | |
Secretary-General | Lee Hsien Loong |
Party Whip | Janil Puthucheary |
Preceded by | Sam Tan |
Member of Parliament for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC (Marsiling) | |
Assumed office 10 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Halimah Yacob |
Majority | 29,081 (26.36%) |
Member of Parliament for Chua Chu Kang GRC (Keat Hong) | |
In office 21 May 2011 – 23 June 2020 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim |
Majority | 59,271 (53.78%) |
Member of Parliament for Hong Kah GRC (Keat Hong) | |
In office 6 May 2006 – 18 April 2011 | |
Preceded by | Ahmad Khalis |
Personal details | |
Born | [1][2] Singapore | 15 September 1974
Political party | People's Action Party |
Spouse | Haryane Mustajab[3] |
Alma mater | Nanyang Technological University (BEng, MS) |
Occupation | Politician |
Zaqy bin Mohamad (Jawi: زاقي محمد; born 15 September 1974)[1][2] is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Deputy Leader of the House, Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Senior Minister of State for Defence concurrently since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Marsiling division of Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC since 2020.
Prior to entering politics, Zaqy had worked at Arthur Andersen, IBM Business Consulting Services, Avanade, Dimension Data and Ernst & Young.
He made his political debut in the 2006 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Hong Kah GRC and won by an uncontested walkover. He contested in Chua Chu Kang GRC in the 2011 and 2015 general elections and retained his parliamentary seat in both elections. He served as an advisor for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC when Halimah Yacob resigned to contest for the presidential election. During the 2020 general election, he contested in Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC and won.
He had served as Minister of State for National Development and Minister of State for Manpower concurrently between 2018 and 2020.
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