Lee Yi Shyan ( zh, s=李奕贤, p=Lǐ Yìxián; born 9 March 1962) is a Singaporean politician. In 2020, Lee retired and did not stand in the

2020 Singaporean general election General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 10 July 2020 to elect 93 members to the Parliament of Singapore across 31 constituencies. Parliament was dissolved and the general election called by President Halimah Yacob on 23 June, on ...

. A member of the governing

People's Action Party The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and ...

(PAP), he served as

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(MP) for

East Coast Group Representation Constituency The East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of Singapore. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of locations such as East Coast Park, Bedok, Changi ...

(GRC) for Kampong Chai Chee from May 2006 to June 2020.

Career

Lee joined OUE Limited as an Executive Advisor to the Chairman’s office in January 2016. He was also appointed as Deputy Chairman of OUE Hospitality Trust & Chairman of OUE (USA) in 2016. Mr Lee was appointed Chairman of Intercontinental Exchange in Nov 2016. Lee is also the Chairman of Business China . Business China is a non-profit organization inaugurated in 2007 by Singapore’s Founding Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew as a business and social link bridging Singapore and China. Lee worked at the

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(MINDEF) from 1987 to 1991. He then joined the

Economic Development Board The Economic Development Board (EDB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Government of Singapore that plans and executes strategies to sustain Singapore as a leading global hub for business and investment. His ...

, and was based in

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and

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from 1993 to 1997, thereafter in

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, from 1997 to 1998. In 2000, Lee was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the Productivity and Standards Board. The following year, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of

International Enterprise Singapore International Enterprise Singapore ( abbreviation: IE Singapore) was a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Government of Singapore that facilitated the growth of Singapore-based companies overseas and promoted intern ...

Political career

Lee was elected to Parliament as a Member of Parliament (MP) for East Coast GRC in the 2006 general election. Following the election, he was made a Minister of State at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. From 2009 to 2011, he took on the additional portfolio of Minister of State at the Ministry of Manpower. At the 2011 general election, Lee was re-elected as an MP for East Coast GRC. He remained a Minister of State at the Ministry of Trade and Industry after the election, and also became a Minister of State at the Ministry of National Development. As the Minister of State for Manpower from 2009 to 2011, Lee oversaw and spearheaded the research and developmental efforts of the National Productivity Taskforce, a joint initiative by the Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Trade and Industry . He was also a member of the National Productivity and Continuing Education Council. As Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Lee co-chaired the Singapore-

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Co-operation Council and the Singapore-

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Business Council. He is a member of the China-Singapore Joint Committee for Bilateral Co-operation, the Joint Ministerial Committee of the Tianjin Eco-City and the

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Knowledge City Steering Committee. He has also been the Co-Chairman of the

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-Singapore Joint Forum and a member of the

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-Singapore High Level Joint Committee. Lee was the Minister-in-charge of Entrepreneurship from 2006 to 2011, during which time he chaired the Action Community for Entrepreneurship. As Minister of State for National Development, Lee oversees urban planning, city development and town council issues. He also spearheads Singapore's collaboration with China in the Tianjin Eco-City project, and chairs the Quality Service Advisory Council of public services. In addition, Lee led the grounds-up effort for the “Cool Ideas for Better HDB Living” initiative. The initiative aims to solve daily inconveniences faced by HDB residents and improve the HDB living environment, through ideas contributed by members of the public. On 31 July 2012, Lee was promoted to Senior Minister of State. In October 2015, Lee stepped down from his ministerial post, after suffering from a mini stroke in May 2015. In 2020, Lee retired and did not stand in the

Education

Lee was educated in

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and

Hwa Chong Junior College The Hwa Chong Junior College () was a junior college in Singapore offering pre-university education. The school merged with The Chinese High School on 1 January 2005 to form the integrated Hwa Chong Institution. History Founding Hwa Chong Juni ...

, before going on to the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

where he completed a

Bachelor of Engineering A Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) or a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) is an academic undergraduate degree awarded to a student after three to five years of studying engineering at an accredited college or university. In the UK, a Bache ...

in chemical engineering in 1986. Lee completed an executive management programme at

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...

in 1997, and a management programme at

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

in 2001.

Personal life

Lee is married and has two children. He is an avid badminton player and was the President of the

Singapore Badminton Association Singapore Badminton Association (abbreviation: SBA) is the national governing body for badminton in Singapore. It governs, encourages and develops the sport throughout the country. Founded in 1929, the SBA is an affiliate of the Singapore Nati ...

. Lee suffered from a mini stroke in May 2015.

References

External links

Lee Yi Shyan
at parliament.gov.sg
Ministry of National DevelopmentFacebook Page of Lee Yi Shyan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Yi Shyan Members of the Parliament of Singapore People's Action Party politicians National University of Singapore alumni Hwa Chong Junior College alumni Singaporean people of Hakka descent People from Dabu Singaporean Christians 1962 births Living people