Lim Hng Kiang

Lim Hng Kiang
林勋强
Lim in 2017
Minister for Trade and Industry
(Trade)
In office
12 August 2004 – 30 April 2018
Serving with S. Iswaran (Industry)
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Second MinisterVivian Balakrishnan
S. Iswaran
Preceded byGeorge Yeo
Succeeded byChan Chun Sing
(as Minister for Trade and Industry)
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
In office
1 August 2003 – 11 August 2004
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Lee Hsien Loong
Minister for Health
In office
3 June 1999 – 31 July 2003
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Preceded byYeo Cheow Tong
Succeeded byKhaw Boon Wan
Minister for National Development
In office
17 April 1995 – 4 June 1999
Acting: 2 January 1994 – 16 April 1995
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Preceded byRichard Hu
Succeeded byMah Bow Tan
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for West Coast GRC
In office
2 January 1997 – 23 June 2020
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byPAP held
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC
In office
21 August 1991 – 16 December 1996
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byPAP held
Personal details
Born (1954-04-09) 9 April 1954
PartyPeople's Action Party
SpouseLee Ai Boon
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
Harvard University
Military service
Branch/serviceSingapore Army
RankLieutenant Colonel
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Lim Hng Kiang (Chinese: 林勋强; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Hng-kiâng; pinyin: Lín Xūnqiáng; born 9 April 1954) is a Singaporean former politician and military officer who served as Minister for Trade and Industry between 2004 and 2018, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office in 2003 and 2004, Minister for Health between 1999 and 2003 and Minister for National Development between 1994 and 1999. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Telok Blangah division of Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 1991 and 1997 and the same division in West Coast GRC between 1997 and 2020.