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傅海燕
Fu in 2024
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 July 2020
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Preceded by	Masagos Zulkifli (as Minister for the Environment and Water Resources)
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth
In office 1 October 2015 – 26 July 2020
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by	Lawrence Wong
Succeeded by	Edwin Tong
Leader of the House
In office 1 October 2015 – 23 August 2020
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy	Desmond Lee
Preceded by	Ng Eng Hen
Succeeded by	Indranee Rajah
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
In office 1 August 2012 – 30 September 2015
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by	Lim Hwee Hua
Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
In office 1 August 2012 – 30 September 2015
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Minister	Vivian Balakrishnan
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 1 August 2012 – 30 September 2015
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Minister	K. Shanmugam
Preceded by	Lui Tuck Yew
Succeeded by	Josephine Teo (2017)
Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts
In office 21 May 2011 – 30 July 2012
Minister	Yaacob Ibrahim
Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources
In office 21 May 2011 – 30 July 2012
Minister	Vivian Balakrishnan
Succeeded by	Amy Khor
Senior Minister of State for Education
In office 1 April 2008 – 20 May 2011
Minister	Ng Eng Hen
Succeeded by	Lawrence Wong
Senior Minister of State for National Development
In office 1 April 2008 – 20 May 2011
Minister	Mah Bow Tan
Succeeded by	Desmond Lee
Member of Parliament for Yuhua SMC
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 2011
Preceded by	Constituency established
Majority	8,217 (41.08%)
Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC (Yuhua)
In office 27 April 2006 – 18 April 2011
Preceded by	Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1964-03-29) 29 March 1964 (age 60) State of Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Spouse	Ivan Lee
Children	3
Alma mater	National University of Singapore (BAcy, MBA)

Grace Fu Hai Yien DCMG (Chinese: 傅海燕; pinyin: Fù Hǎiyàn; born 29 March 1964) is a Singaporean accountant and politician who has been serving as Minister for Sustainability and the Environment since 2020, and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations since 2024. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Yuhua SMC since 2011.

An accountant by profession, Fu had worked at Overseas Union Bank, Haw Par Group and PSA Corporation before entering politics. She made her political debut in the 2006 general election as part of the five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC and won. She has contested in Yuhua SMC since the 2011 general election.

Before her appointment as the Minister of Sustainability and the Environment, Fu served as Senior Minister of State for National Development and Senior Minister of State for Education between 2008 and 2011, Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources and Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts between 2011 and 2012, Second Minister for Foreign Affairs between 2012 and 2015, Leader of the House and Minister for Culture, Community and Youth between 2015 and 2020.

Early life and education

Fu was born on 29 March 1964 in Singapore. She was educated at Nanyang Girls' High School and Hwa Chong Junior College before graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1985 with a Bachelor of Accountancy with honours degree in 1985. She subsequently completed a Master of Business Administration degree at the NUS Business School in 1991.

Career

Fu started her career at the Overseas Union Bank as an auditor from 1985 to 1988. She then joined the Haw Par Group, where she worked in corporate planning, financial control and business development from 1991 to 1995.

In October 1995, Fu joined PSA Corporation as Assistant Director (Finance). She took on additional responsibility as Vice-President (Marketing), and assumed the position of Financial Controller in October 1998. She was promoted to Executive Vice-President (Finance) in January 1999. In April 2003, Fu was appointed CEO of Singapore Terminals. In 2004, she became CEO of PSA South East Asia and Japan, where she was responsible for the business performance of PSA's flagship terminals in Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, and Japan.

Fu has been a non-practising member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore since 1992.

Political career

Fu made her political debut in the 2006 general election as part of the five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC and won. Fu was subsequently elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Yuhua division of Jurong GRC in June 2006. She was one of 24 new PAP candidates introduced ahead of the general election.

On 1 August 2006, Fu was appointed Minister of State for National Development.

On 1 April 2008, Fu was promoted to Senior Minister of State for National Development, and appointed Senior Minister of State for Education concurrently.

At the 2011 general election, Fu contested in the newly created Yuhua SMC and won with 66.9% of the vote. Following the election, Fu was appointed Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts, and Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources concurrently.

In January 2012, Fu expressed concerns over the planned 36–37% income cuts for ministers, saying that if ministerial pay was further reduced in the future, it would "make it harder for anyone considering political office". Her comments contributed to the ongoing public debate over compensation and motivation of public officials, and were subject to criticism from netizens in Singapore. Others defended her remark as fair, supporting her position that loss of privacy and public scrutiny adds a large personal cost to public positions not found in the private sector.

On 31 July 2012, Fu was made full minister, becoming the second woman in Singapore's history, after Lim Hwee Hua, to become a full minister in the Cabinet. She served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2015.

In 2014, as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Fu was in charge of the Municipal Services Office.

In 2015, Fu was appointed Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, becoming the first female minister in Singapore to head a ministry.

Following the 2020 general election, Fu became Organising Secretary of the PAP's Central Executive Committee (CEC), and an advisor of Yuhua SMC Grassroots Organisations.

Fu served as Leader of the House from 2015 to 2020, before being appointed Minister for Sustainability and the Environment in 2020.

She has also been a member of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, co-chaired by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, and Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley, since 2020.

On 14 January 2024, following the resignation of S. Iswaran as Minister for Transport and Minister In-Charge of Trade Relations, a Cabinet Reshuffle was conducted and Chee Hong Tat was promoted to Minister for Transport while Fu took over the portfolio of Minister In-charge of Trade Relations from Iswaran. In addition, she was also elected as the President of the Singapore National Olympic Council on 5 January, following the resignation of Tan Chuan Jin due to his extramarital affair with fellow Member of Parliament Cheng Li Hui

Personal life

Fu's father, James Fu, was a former leftist journalist who became press secretary to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Her mother was a nurse.

Fu is married to technopreneur Ivan Lee and they have three sons.

References

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18. Chang, Rachel (12 August 2012). "Grace Fu: Steely leader sticks to her convictions". The Straits Times.
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External links

• Grace Fu on Prime Minister's Office
• Grace Fu on Parliament of Singapore
• Grace Fu on Facebook

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Deputy Prime Minister(s)	Gan Kim Yong Trade and Industry Heng Swee Keat
Senior Minister(s)	Lee Hsien Loong Teo Chee Hean National Security
Cabinet Minister(s)	Ng Eng Hen Defence Vivian Balakrishnan Foreign Affairs K. Shanmugam Home Affairs/Law Chee Hong Tat Transport Grace Fu Sustainability and the Environment/Trade Relations Chan Chun Sing Education Masagos Zulkifli Social and Family Development/Muslim Affairs Ong Ye Kung Health Josephine Teo Communications and Information/Smart Nation/Cybersecurity Desmond Lee National Development/Social Services Integration Edwin Tong Culture, Community and Youth Tan See Leng Manpower Indranee Rajah Prime Minister's Office Maliki Osman Prime Minister's Office
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Member of multiple Parliaments of Singapore

v t e Members of the 14th Parliament of Singapore Speaker: Tan, C J→Seah, K P Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) Aljunied Giam, Y S Lim, S L Faisal Perera Singh Ang Mo Kio David Gan, T P Lee, H L Nadia Ng, L L Bishan–Toa Payoh Chee, H T Chong, K H Ng, E H Saktiandi Chua Chu Kang Gan, K Y Low, Y L Wee, B H Zhulkarnain East Coast Chan, W L Heng, S K Maliki Tan, K H Tan, S N Holland–Bukit Timah Chia, B H de Souza Sim, A Vivian Jalan Besar Heng, C H Phua, L P Teo, L M Wan Rizal Jurong Huang, W Z Rahayu Tan, W M Tharman Xie, Y Q Marine Parade Fahmi Seah, K P Tan, C J Tan, S L Tong, C F Marsiling–Yew Tee Soh, H B Wong, S T Yam, Z M Zaqy Nee Soon Goh, S H Shanmugam Faishal Ng, K K Tan, H M Pasir Ris–Punggol Puthucheary Sharael Tan, K M Teo, C H Yeo, W L Sembawang Lim, W K Mariam Ong, Y K Poh, L S Nair Sengkang Chua, K W He, T R Lim, C W Raeesah Tampines Baey, Y K Cheng, L H Choo, P C Koh, P K Masagos Tanjong Pagar Chan, C S Chua, S L Indranee Pereira Tan, S H West Coast Ang, W N Foo, M H Lee, T S Ong, S Y Iswaran Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) Bukit Batok Pillai Bukit Panjang Liang, E H Hong Kah North Khor, L S Hougang Tan, L F Kebun Baru Kwek, H C MacPherson Tin, P L Marymount Gan, S H Mountbatten Lim, B C Pioneer Tay, T G Potong Pasir Sitoh, Y P Punggol West Sun, X L Radin Mas Yong, Y C Yio Chu Kang Yip, H W Yuhua Fu, H Y Non-elected members NCMP Leong, M W Poa, K K NMPs Samad Ang, G H Chay, J J Cheng, H Y Hoon, H T Koh, L P Raj Shahira Tan, Y S The party affiliation of each member is indicated right after the constituency/seat he or she represents. PAP: People's Action Party; WP: The Workers' Party; PSP: Progress Singapore Party All of the leaders of the respective GRCs are in underline. MP(s) who is go on a leave of absence is in italic. NMPs do not belong to any party. Other Current/Former MPs Nav Boxes 14 13 12 11 10 v t e Members of the 13th Parliament of Singapore (2015–2020) Speaker: Halimah Yacob→Tan, C J Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) Aljunied Chen, S M Lim, S L Low, T K Faisal Singh Ang Mo Kio Ang, H K David Gan, T P Intan Koh, P K Lee, H L Bishan–Toa Payoh Chee, H T Chong, K H Ng, E H Saktiandi Teo, L M Chua Chu Kang Gan, K Y Low, Y L Yee, C H Zaqy East Coast Lee, Y S Lim, S S Maliki Tan, S N Holland–Bukit Timah de Souza Liang, E H Sim, A Vivian Jalan Besar Heng, C H Neo, L Phua, L P Yaacob Jurong Ang, W N Lee, T S Rahayu Tharman Tan, W M Marine Parade Fatimah Goh, C T Seah, K P Tan, C J Tong, C F Marsiling–Yew Tee Ong, T K Wong, S T Yam, Z M Halimah Nee Soon Faishal Kwek, H C Lee, B W Ng, K K Shanmugam Pasir Ris–Punggol Ng, C M Puthucheary Sun, X L Teo, C H Teo, S L Zainal Sembawang Amrin Khaw, B W Lim, W K Ong, Y K Nair Tampines Baey, Y K Cheng, L H Choo, P C Heng, S K Masagos Tanjong Pagar Chan, C S Chia, S L Indranee Pereira Yong, Y C West Coast Foo, M H Iswaran Lim, H K Tay, T G Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) Bukit Batok Ong, K H→Pillai Bukit Panjang Teo, H P Fengshan Chan, W L Hong Kah North Khor, L S Hougang Png, E H MacPherson Tin, P L Mountbatten Lim, B C Pioneer Foo, C K Potong Pasir Sitoh, Y P Punggol East Chong, Y F Radin Mas Tan, C S Sengkang West Lam, P M Yuhua Fu, H Y Non-elected members NCMP Perera Tan, L F Goh, P S NMPs Azmoon Chia, Y Y Chua, K S Ganesh Kok, H L Kuik, S Y Mohan Tan, G K Thanaletchimi Arasu Foo, P Y Ho, W S Lim, S S Irshad Quay, S C Ong, L T Theseira Yip, P X The party affiliation of each member is indicated right after the constituency he or she represents. PAP: People's Action Party; WP: The Workers' Party NMPs do not belong to any party. There were two terms of NMPs in this parliament, with nine NMPs in each term. Other Current/Former MPs Nav Boxes 14 13 12 11 10 v t e Members of the 12th Parliament of Singapore (2011–2015) Speaker: Halimah Yacob Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) Aljunied Chen, S M Lim, S L Low, T K Faisal Singh Ang Mo Kio Ang, H K Singh Intan Lee, H L Seng, H T Yeo, G K Bishan-Toa Payoh Nair Ng, E H Teo, L M Wong, K S Zainudin Chua Chu Kang Gan, K Y Low, Y L Yam, Z M Yeo, K H Zaqy East Coast Lee Y S Lim S K Lim, S S Maliki Tan, S N Holland-Bukit Timah de Souza Liang, E H Sim, Ann Vivian Jurong Ang, W N Halimah Lee, T S Ong, K H Tharman Marine Parade Fatimah Goh, C T Seah, K P Tan, C J Tin, P L Moulmein-Kallang Lui, T Y Phua, L P Tong, C F Yaacob Nee Soon Lee, B W Lim, W K Faishal Shanmugam Tay, T G Pasir Ris-Punggol Gan, T P Puthucheary Low, Penny Teo, C H Teo, S L Zainal Sembawang Hawazi Khaw, B W Lee, G H Ong, T K Nair Tampines Baey, Y K Heng, S K Mah, B T Masagos Ng, P H Tanjong Pagar Chan, C S Chia, S L Indranee Neo, Lily West Coast Fong, Jen Foo, M H Iswaran Lim, H K Wong, S T Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) Bukit Panjang Teo, H P Hong Kah North Khor, L S Hougang Png, E H Joo Chiat Chong, Y F Mountbatten Lim, B C Pioneer Foo, C K Potong Pasir Sitoh, Y P Punggol East Lee, L L Radin Mas Tan, C S Sengkang West Lam, P M Whampoa Heng, C H Yuhua Fu, H Y Non-elected members NCMP Giam, Y S Loh, W L Yee, J J NMPs Dhinakaran Faizah Fang, K W Koh, Y M Lien, T C Liew, K E Tan, K B Tan, S S Teo, S S Chia, Y Y Chua, K S Karthikeyan Kuik, S Y Ismail Soh, S L Tan, C L Tan, G K Tan, T Y The party affiliation of each member is indicated right after the constituency he or she represents. PAP: People's Action Party; SPP: Singapore People's Party; WP: The Workers' Party For NCMPs, Gerald Giam and Yee Jenn Jong are from the WP, while Lina Loh is from the SPP. NMPs do not belong to any party. There were two terms of NMPs in this parliament, with nine NMPs in each term. Other Current/Former MPs Nav Boxes 13 12 11 v t e Members of the 11th Parliament of Singapore (2006–2011) Speaker: Abdullah Tarmugi Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) Aljunied Lim, H H Phua, S G Yeo, G K Yeo, Y B Zainul Ang Mo Kio Balaji Lam, P M Lee, B W Lee, H L Singh Wee, S K Bishan–Toa Payoh Nair Ng, E H Teo, L M Wong, K S Zainudin East Coast Abdullah Jayakumar Lee Y S Lim S K Tan, S N Holland–Bukit Timah de Souza Liang, E H Lim, S S Vivian Yu-Foo, Y S Hong Kah Ang, M S Khor, L S Yeo, C T Yeo, K H Zaqy Jalan Besar Heng, C H Lee, B Y Neo, Lily Phua, L P Yaacob Jurong Fu, H Y Halimah Lim, B H Ong, C C Tharman Marine Parade Fatimah Faishal Goh, C T Lim, B C Ong, S H Seah, K P Pasir Ris–Punggol Ahmad Chong, Y F Low, Penny Palmer Teo, C H Teo, S L Sembawang Hawazi Khaw, B W Shanmugam Lee, G H Lim, W K Maliki Tampines Mah, B T Masagos Ng, P H Ong, K M Sin, B A Tanjong Pagar Baey, Y K Indranee Koo, T K Lee, K Y Lui, T Y Tan, C S West Coast Fong, Jen Foo, C K Ho, G C Iswaran Lim, H K Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) Bukit Panjang Teo, H P Chua Chu Kang Gan, K Y Hougang Low, T K Joo Chiat Chan, S S MacPherson Yao, Matthias Nee Soon Central Ong, A H Nee Soon East Ho, P K Potong Pasir Chiam, S T Yio Chu Kang Seng, H T Non-elected members NCMP Lim, S L NMPs Banarjee, G Cham, H F Khew, T F Loo, C Y Mehta, K K Olsen, E E Phua, W C Siew, K H Thio, L A Cheng, E L Lee, K H Viswa Tan, B M Straughan, Paulin Teo, S S Wee, Y T Wong, W Y Yeo, W L The party affiliation of each member is indicated right after the constituency he or she represents. PAP: People's Action Party; SDA: Singapore Democratic Alliance; WP: The Workers' Party NMPs do not belong to any party. There were two terms of NMPs in this parliament, with nine NMPs in each term. Other Current/Former MPs Nav Boxes 14 13 12 11 10

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