Tan Kiat How
Tan Kiat How | |
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陈杰豪 | |
 Tan during nomination in the 2025 general election | |
| Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC | |
| Assumed office 10 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977 (age 48–49) |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois (BA, BEng) Stanford University |
alma_mater which should be merged with/replaced by education.Tan Kiat How (born 1977) is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for Health since 2025 and Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information concurrently since 2022. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Kampong Chai Chee division of East Coast Group Representation Constituency since 2020.
A computer engineer by profession, Tan had worked at the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and was the chief executive officer of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA).
He made his political debut in the 2020 general election when he joined a five-member PAP team contesting in East Coast GRC, and they won with 53.39% of the vote. Tan was appointed Minister of State for National Development, after being elected from 2022 to 2025, and appointed to the Prime Minister's Office from 2020 to 2021. In 2022, Tan was promoted Senior Minister of State after a Cabinet reshuffle. In the 2025 general elections, Tan was re-elected with 58.73% of the vote.