Heng Chee How
Heng Chee How | |
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| 王志豪 | |
Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress | |
| Assumed office 1 January 1999 | |
| Secretary-General | Lim Boon Heng Lim Swee Say Chan Chun Sing Ng Chee Meng |
| Mayor of Central Singapore District | |
| In office 24 November 2001 – 29 May 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Yaacob Ibrahim |
| Succeeded by | Zainudin Nordin |
| Deputy Leader of the House | |
| In office 31 May 2011 – 30 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
| Succeeded by | PAP held |
| Member of Parliament for Jalan Besar GRC | |
| In office 11 September 2015 – 15 April 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | PAP held |
| In office 3 November 2001 – 19 April 2011 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Whampoa SMC | |
| In office 7 May 2011 – 18 April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 July 1961 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Spouse | Goh Soon Poh |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (MA) Harvard University (MPA) |
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| Police career | |
| Department | Singapore Police Force |
| Service years | 1983–1995 |
| Rank | Superintendent |
Heng Chee How (Chinese: 王志豪; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hêng Chì-hâu; pinyin: Wáng Zhìháo; born 14 July 1961) is a Singaporean union leader and former politician who was Senior Minister of State for Defence from 2018 to 2025 and has been deputy secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) since 1999. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Whampoa division of Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 2001 and 2011, Whampoa Single Member Constituency (SMC) between 2011 and 2015, and again the Whampoa division of Jalan Besar GRC between 2015 and 2025.
Prior to entering politics, Heng had worked at the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). He made his debut in electoral politics in the 1997 general election as a solo PAP candidate contesting in Hougang SMC against the Workers' Party's Low Thia Khiang. He lost to Low, who won 58.02% of the vote against his 41.98%.
During the 2001 general election, Heng joined the five-member PAP team contesting in Jalan Besar GRC and won with 74.48% of the vote. Heng was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Whampoa ward of Jalan Besar GRC. Since then, he had retained his parliamentary seat in subsequent elections and had served as Minister of State and later Senior Minister of State in various ministries. He also served as Deputy Leader of the House in Parliament between 2011 and 2015. He retired in 2025.