Lim Swee Say
Lim Swee Say | |
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林瑞生 | |
 Lim in 2011 | |
| Minister for Manpower | |
| In office 4 May 2015 – 30 April 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Second Minister | Josephine Teo (2017–2018) |
| Preceded by | Tan Chuan-Jin |
| Succeeded by | Josephine Teo |
| Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress | |
| In office 15 January 2007 – 3 May 2015 | |
| Deputy | Heng Chee How |
| Preceded by | Lim Boon Heng |
| Succeeded by | Chan Chun Sing |
| Party Whip of the People's Action Party | |
| In office 1 April 2007 – 20 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Boon Yang |
| Succeeded by | Gan Kim Yong |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | |
| In office 12 August 2004 – 3 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Lim Hng Kiang |
| Succeeded by | Josephine Teo (2017) Desmond Lee (2017) |
| Second Minister for National Development | |
| In office 12 August 2004 – 29 May 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Mah Bow Tan |
| Succeeded by | Desmond Lee (2017) |
| Minister for the Environment | |
| In office 23 November 2001 – 11 August 2004 Acting: 1 October 2000 – 22 November 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong |
| Preceded by | Lee Yock Suan |
| Succeeded by | Yaacob Ibrahim |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for East Coast GRC | |
| In office 7 May 2011 – 23 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
| Succeeded by | PAP held |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC | |
| In office 6 May 2006 – 19 April 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | PAP held |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC | |
| In office 25 October 2001 – 20 April 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC | |
| In office 2 January 1997 – 18 October 2001 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
| Succeeded by | PAP held |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 July 1954 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Spouse |
Elaine Cheong Siew Boon
(m. 1981; died 2021) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Loughborough University Stanford University |
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alma_mater which should be merged with/replaced by education.Lim Swee Say (born 13 July 1954) is a Singaporean businessman and former politician who served as Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress between 2005 and 2015, Minister for Manpower between 2015 and 2018, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office between 2004 and 2015, Second Minister for National Development in 2004 and 2005, and Minister for the Environment between 2000 and 2004.
A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Buona Vista division between 1997 and 2011 under various group representation constituencies (GRCs), and the Bedok division of East Coast GRC between 2011 and 2020.
Lim was appointed as a non-executive independent director in Singtel in 2021.