Lam Pin Min
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Nationality | Singaporean |
Political party | People's Action Party |
Profession | Politician |
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Dr. Lam Pin Min (Chinese: 藍彬明; pinyin: Lán Bīnmíng, born 1 September 1969) is a politician and medical doctor from Singapore. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is currently a Minister of State in the Ministry of Health. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2006.
Career
After graduating from medical school, Lam joined the Republic of Singapore Air Force as a medical officer.[citation needed] He served in the armed forces for nine years before moving into clinical practice in 2003. Prior to becoming a Minister of State, he served as a pediatric ophthalmologist at KK Women's and Children's Hospital and the Singapore National Eye Centre.[citation needed]
Political career
Lam was first elected to parliament at the 2006 general election as a member of the PAP team in the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency. He was part of the six-member PAP team (led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong) which defeated the team from the Workers' Party by 96,636 votes (66.1%) to 49,479 (33.9%).
At the 2011 general election, Lam's Sengkang West ward (which encompasses Anchorvale and Fernvale of Sengkang New Town) was made a single-member constituency. Lam stood in the single-member constituency and defeated Koh Choong Yong of the Workers' Party by 14,689 votes (58.1%) to 10,591 (41.9%).
Lam served as the Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Health from 2009 to 2014 (having previously been the Deputy Chairman from 2006 to 2008).[1]
In August 2014, Lam was appointed a Minister of State in the Ministry of Health.[2]
Education
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Personal life
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References
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External links
- lampinmin.sg
- Lam Pin Min at the Parliament of Singapore website
- ↑ Dr Lam Pin Min, Minister of State. Ministry of Health website, retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ Incumbent Lam Pin Min will defend Sengkang West SMC. Channel NewsAsia, 15 August 2015.
- Pages with reference errors
- Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015
- Members of the Parliament of Singapore
- People's Action Party politicians
- Singaporean medical doctors
- National University of Singapore alumni
- National Junior College alumni
- Anglo-Chinese School alumni
- Singaporean people of Hakka descent
- People from Dabu
- Singaporean Christians
- 1969 births
- Living people