Mr Chan Chun Sing
Minister for Defence
Last updated 6 August 2026
Mr Chan Chun Sing was appointed Singapore’s Coordinating Minister for Public Services and Minister for Defence in May 2025. He has been Minister-in-charge of the Public Service since 1 May 2018.
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Work and appointments
2021 to 2025
Minister for Education
2018 to 2021
Minister for Trade and Industry
2015 to 2021
Deputy Chairman, People’s Association
2015 to 2018
Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress
2013 to 2015
Minister for Social and Family Development
Second Minister for Defence
2011 to 2012
Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports
Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts
2011 to Present
Member of Parliament
2010 to 2011
Chief of Army
Education
2005
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1998
US Army Command and General Staff College
1988 to 1991
Cambridge University