Dr NG Eng Hen

Born:	Singapore, Dec 10 1958
Education:	1964 - 1974	Anglo-Chinese School
	1975 - 1976	National Junior College
	1977 - 1987	National University of Singapore (1982) M.B.B.S. with distinctions in Social Medicine and Public Health (1987) Master in Medicine (Surgery)
Professional	1986	Fellow Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
Training, Memberships and Awards:	1989	New York Hospital - Cornell University Medical Centre Research Fellow, Laboratory of Surgical Metabolism
	1990	University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre Clinical Fellow, Surgical Oncology - First Prize Winner - Clinical Research - Smithkline Beecham Surgical Scholar Award
	1990	Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
	1992	American Society of Surgical Oncology
	1998	Founder Member, Breast Cancer Foundation, Singapore
	1999	American Society of Clinical Oncology
Career and	1992 - 1997	Consultant Surgeon, Singapore General Hospital
Political	1997 - 2001	Private Practice, Mount Elizabeth Hospital
Appointments:	Nov 2001	Member of Parliament, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
	2002	Minister of State, Education and Manpower
	2003	Acting Minister for Manpower & Minister of State for Education
	2004	Minister for Manpower & Second Minister for Education
	July 2005	Minister for Manpower & Second Minister for Defence
	May 2006	Re-elected Member of Parliament, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
	May 2006	Re-appointed Minister for Manpower & Second Minister for Defence
	Apr 2007	Deputy Leader of the House
	Apr 2008	Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence
	May 2011	Re-elected Member of Parliament, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
	May 2011	Minister for Defence
	May 2011	Leader of the House
	Sep 2015	Re-elected Member of Parliament, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
	Sep 2015	Re-appointed Minister for Defence
Key Political Activities:	2002 - present	Member, Remaking Singapore Committee Chairman, Subcommittee on Enhancing Human Capital, Economic Review Committee Chairman, University Restructuring Committee MOE Chairman, Jobs Task Force, MOM Chairman, Inter-Ministerial Committee on Low Wage Workers Secretary, Refreshing PAP Committee SARS Ministerial Committee and Combat Unit Member (Security Policy Review Committee (SPRC), National Research Foundation (NRF), Research Innovation & Enterprise Council (RIEC), Steering Committee on Life Sciences (SCLS), Steering Commitee on Interactive and Digital Media (SCIDM), National Population Committee (NPC), Ministerial Committee on Community Engagement (MCCE), SYOGOC Advisory Panel (2010)) Asia NZ Foundation, Honorary Advisor
	Present	Organizing Secretary Co-opted Member, Central Executive Committee, PAP (2005)
Family:	1982	Married Ivy Lim Swee Lian (MBBS,M Med (Paed), FRCP (Edin) ) - pediatrician and geneticist. CEO KK Women's and Children's Hospital; Dy CEO SingHealth (2008), Group CEO, Singhealth (2012). Four children. 2 girls and 2 boys.
Recreation:	Jogging, golf, reading.