Vivian Balakrishnan
Politician
1961 –
Who is Vivian Balakrishnan?
Vivian Balakrishnan, FRCS, is the Singapore Minister for Environment and Water Resources and a member of the governing People's Action Party. He has previously held appointments in the Singapore Cabinet as the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, and as the Second Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, and Trade and Industry. He is a Member of Parliament representing the Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency.
Balakrishnan studied medicine at the National University of Singapore on a President's Scholarship. He later pursued postgraduate education in ophthalmology and was admitted as a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was appointed as an associate professor at the National University of Singapore and became the medical director of Singapore National Eye Centre. He was also the chief executive of Singapore General Hospital. Prior to the commencement of his political career, he served as the commanding officer of second Combat Support Hospital of the Singapore Armed Forces.
His team was elected uncontested during his first and second candidacy for the Parliament at Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC and Holland-Bukit Timah GRC respectively. In the 2011 general election held on 7 May, his team won against the Singapore Democratic Party candidates.
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- Born
- Jan 25, 1961
Singapore - Also known as
- Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan
- Spouses
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Chindian
- Nationality
- Singapore
- Profession
- Education
- Anglo-Chinese School
- National Junior College
( - 1980) - National University of Singapore
Medicine
(1980 - )
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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