Jessica Tan

Jessica Tan Soon Neo (simplified Chinese: 陈舜娘; traditional Chinese: 陳舜娘; pinyin: Chén Shùnniáng; born 28 May 1966) is a Singaporean. She was appointed as the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong with Christopher de Souza and was appointed as chairman of the East Coast Town Council.

In this article, the surname is Tan.
The Honourable

Jessica Tan

MP
陈舜娘
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
Assumed office
31 August 2020
PresidentHalimah Yacob
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
SpeakerTan Chuan-Jin
Preceded byLim Biow Chuan
ConstituencyEast Coast GRC
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for East Coast GRC (Changi-Simei)
Assumed office
6 May 2006
Preceded byLee Yock Suan
Personal details
Born (1966-05-28) 28 May 1966
Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materNational University of Singapore

She is also the MP of Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC for Changi-Simei. She is a Roman Catholic.[1]

Education
  • 1973-1978 PSLE (Convent of Our Lady of Good Counsel)
  • 1979-1982 GCE 'O' Level (St Joseph's Convent)
  • 1983-1984 GCE 'A' Level (Catholic Junior College)
  • 1985-1989 Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours 2nd Upper)(National University of Singapore)[2]

Politics

Tan became an MP for the first time after the 2006 general election, when Tan's five man team, representing the People's Action Party, defeated the Workers' Party of Singapore with 63.86% of the votes for East Coast GRC. The votes in the 2011 general election narrowed to 54.8% for the PAP.

In the 2015 Singaporean general election, she returned to Parliament after her team defeated the Worker's Party with 60.7% of the popular vote, an increase of 5.9%.

She was part of the PAP team defending East Coast GRC in the 2020 general election,[3] which eventually won with a 53.41% vote share against WP.

On 31 August 2020, Tan was elected as deputy speaker of the parliament, alongside Christopher de Souza.[4]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2012-02-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Ms Jessica Tan Soon Neo". Parliament.gov. Parliament of Singapore. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. "GE2020: From East Coast to Bukit Panjang, 7 key battlegrounds to watch". CNA. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. "Parliament: Christopher De Souza and Jessica Tan elected as Deputy Speakers of Parliament". Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by
Lee Yock Suan		 Member of Parliament for
East Coast GRC (Changi-Simei)
2006 – present		 Incumbent


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