Eugene Tan Kheng Boon (born 18 February 1970) is an associate professor of law at

Singapore Management University The Singapore Management University (SMU) is a public autonomous university in Singapore. The university is the only city campus in Singapore. It ranks third in Asia as a specialist university, behind Hong Kong University of Science and Techn ...

. Tan served as a

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between 14 February 2012 and 13 August 2014. Tan holds degrees from the

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, the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

, and

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. He previously held positions at the

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and worked as foreign service officer in Singapore's

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. He teaches and researches in the area of Constitutional and Administrative Law as well as the Law and Policy of Ethnic Relations in Singapore. Tan regularly writes for several news providers in Singapore. He is also quoted regularly in all news sources within Singapore, and in major international press, particularly on matters related to domestic politics, constitutional law and elections.

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1970 births Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics Academic staff of Singapore Management University School of Law National University of Singapore alumni Raffles Institution alumni Singaporean Nominated Members of Parliament Singaporean people of Chinese descent Stanford University alumni {{Singapore-politician-stub