Seah Kian Peng is a Singaporean politician who served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2011 and 2016.
A member of the governing People’s Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Braddell Heights division of Marine Parade GRC since 2006.
Seah Kian Peng Bio
Seah Kian Peng was born born 1961 into a family of six, consisting of his father, a line worker in a printing firm and his mother, a housewife who took on sewing gigs to supplement the family income, and himself, the third out of the four children.
Seah studied at Raffles Institution before he received a Colombo Plan scholarship to study at the University of New South Wales.
Seah Kian Peng Early career
Upon graduation with a first class honours degree in building, Seah returned to Singapore to complete his National Service, then worked in a government-linked company, Indeco Engineers, before joining the Singapore Civil Service.
Seah was seconded to the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) to do corporate planning and start NTUC Healthcare’s chain of pharmacies. Seah then left NTUC for the corporate world between 1994 and 1996 to do corporate planning, as a “bucket list item”.
He returned to the public sector in 1996 to head NTUC Healthcare and NTUC Media successively, before being appointed as the chief operating officer of NTUC FairPrice in 2001, then as the chief executive officer of NTUC FairPrice in 2010
Seah Kian Peng Political career
Seah was fielded as a People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate for Marine Parade GRC in the 2006 general election, and was elected as Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC (Braddell Heights ward) in a walkover for the 11th Parliament.
Seah was re-elected in Marine Parade Group GRC in the 2011 and 2015 general elections when the PAP team was challenged by the National Solidarity Party and Workers’ Party respectively.
In Parliament, Seah served as Deputy Speaker from October 2011 to January 2016. On 10 March 2010, Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, suggested that Seah to work out a private member’s bill to propose amendments to the Maintenance of Parents Act.
After establishing a 10-person workgroup to look at the proposal, the bill was introduced on 18 October 2010 and was passed on 23 November 2010.
Seah was appointed as CEO of NTUC Fairprice from 2010 to 2022 and as chairperson of Social and Family Development Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) in the 14th Parliament.
On 21 July 2023, it was announced that Seah will be nominated to be the next Speaker of Parliament by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong after the previous officeholder Tan Chuan-Jin resigned.
Seah Kian Peng Age
Seah Kian Peng was born on December 5, 1961 and is 61 years old as of 2023.
Seah Kian Peng Net Worth
Mr Seah’s net worth is estimated to be $3 Million.
Seah Kian Peng Wife.
Seah Kian Peng is married to his longtime girlfriend Jean Yap, they had their wedding in the 19900s in a private ceremony in Singapore.
Seah Kian Peng Children
The couple has two children born in Singapore.
Seah Kian Peng Parents
His father was a line worker in a printing firm, while his mother was a housewife who took on sewing gigs to supplement the family income.
Seah Kian Peng Siblings
He is the third of four children in his family, who lived in a three-room flat in Mattar Road.
Mr Seah and his siblings were top students at the now-defunct Mattar East Primary.
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