Eric Chua

Eric Chua Swee Leong (Chinese: 蔡瑞隆, born 1979) is a Singaporean politician, civil servant and former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officer. He was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary of Ministry for Culture, Community and Youth and the Ministry for Social and Family Development as well as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong Pagar GRC for Queenstown since 10 July 2020 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

The Honourable

Eric Chua Swee Leong

MP
蔡瑞隆
Parliamentary Secretary,
Ministry for Culture, Community and Youth
Assumed office
27 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterEdwin Tong
Parliamentary Secretary,
Ministry for Social and Family Development
Assumed office
27 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterMasagos Zulkifli
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC
(Queenstown)
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byChia Shi-Lu
Personal details
Bornc. 1979 (age 41–42)
Singapore
CitizenshipSingaporean
OccupationPolitician and civil servant

Career

Prior to entering politics, Eric Chua was a Colonel with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). Notable positions held by Eric Chua include Head operations 1st SCDF division and Commander 3rd SCDF division.[1] He had also been a grassroots volunteer for 15 years.[1][2][3] He used to serve as the Chairman of the People's Association (PA) Youth Movement's Central Youth Council,[3] as well as the Director of the SGSecure Programme Office.[1][2][4]

In 2020 election, Eric Chua was nominated a candidate of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) for Tanjong Pagar GRC, replacing the incumbent Chia Shi-Lu who did not seek re-election.[1][2] His team faced a challenge of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP), but in the end, the PAP team defeated the PSP team by receiving 63.13%.[5]

References
  1. "Singapore GE2020: Two new faces in PAP's Tanjong Pagar GRC team led by Chan Chun Sing". 29 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. "GE2020: PAP announces Tanjong Pagar, Radin Mas line-up; no Chia Shi-Lu, Sam Tan". 29 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. "PAP unveils new faces for July 10 General Election". 26 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. "PAP MP Chia Shi Lu: We're not doing walkabout but educating people to wear masks at hawker centre". 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. "GE2020 official results: PAP wins Tanjong Pagar GRC with 63.13% of votes, PSP has 36.87%". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by
Chia Shi-Lu		 Member of Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC
(Queenstown)
2020 – present		 Incumbent
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