Lam Pin Min

Lam Pin Min
Personal details
Nationality	Singaporean
Political party	People's Action Party
Profession	Politician

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lam.

Dr. Lam Pin Min (simplified Chinese: 蓝彬明; traditional Chinese: 藍彬明; pinyin: Lán Bīn Míng; born 1 September 1969) is a politician and medical doctor from Singapore. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is currently a Minister of State in the Ministry of Health. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2006.

Career

After graduating from medical school, Lam joined the Republic of Singapore Air Force as a medical officer. He served in the armed forces for nine years before moving into clinical practice in 2003. Prior to becoming a Minister of State, he served as a pediatric ophthalmologist at KK Women's and Children's Hospital and the Singapore National Eye Centre.

Political career

Lam was first elected to parliament at the 2006 general election as a member of the PAP team in the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency. He was part of the six-member PAP team (led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong) which defeated the team from the Workers' Party by 96,636 votes (66.1%) to 49,479 (33.9%).

At the 2011 general election, Lam's Sengkang West ward (which encompasses Anchorvale and Fernvale of Sengkang New Town) was made a single-member constituency. Lam stood in the single-member constituency and defeated Koh Choong Yong of the Workers' Party by 14,689 votes (58.1%) to 10,591 (41.9%).

Lam served as the Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Health from 2009 to 2014 (having previously been the Deputy Chairman from 2006 to 2008).^[1]

In August 2014, Lam was appointed a Minister of State in the Ministry of Health.^[2]

Education

Lam was educated in Anglo-Chinese School and National Junior College, before going on to medical school at the National University of Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Personal life

Lam is married and has two daughters.

References

↑ Dr Lam Pin Min, Minister of State. Ministry of Health website, retrieved 8 September 2015.
↑ Incumbent Lam Pin Min will defend Sengkang West SMC. Channel NewsAsia, 15 August 2015.

External links

lampinmin.sg
Lam Pin Min at the Parliament of Singapore website

Members of the 13th Parliament of Singapore (since 2016)

Speaker: Halimah Yacob

Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs)

Aljunied^WP	Chen, S M Lim, S L Low, T K Faisal Singh

Ang Mo Kio^PAP	Ang, H K David Gan, T P Intan Koh, P K Lee, H L

Bishan-Toa Payoh^PAP	Chee, H T Chong, K H Ng, E H Saktiandi Teo, L M

Chua Chu Kang^PAP	Gan, K Y Low, Y L Yee, C H Zaqy

East Coast^PAP	Lee, Y S Lim, S S Maliki Tan, S N

Holland-Bukit Timah^PAP	de Souza Liang, E H Sim, Ann Vivian

Jalan Besar^PAP	Heng, C H Neo, Lily Phua, L P Yaacob

Jurong^PAP	Ang, W N Lee, T S Rahayu Tharman Tan, W M

Marine Parade^PAP	Fatimah Goh, C T Seah, K P Tan, C J Tong, C F

Marsiling-Yew Tee^PAP	Halimah Ong, T K Wong, S T Yam, Z M

Nee Soon^PAP	Faishal Kwek, H C Lee, B W Ng, K K Shanmugam

Pasir Ris-Punggol^PAP	Ng, C M Puthucheary Sun, X L Teo, C H Teo, S L Zainal

Sembawang^PAP	Amrin Khaw, B W Lim, W K Ong, Y K Vikram

Tampines^PAP	Baey, Y K Cheng, L H Choo, P C Heng, S K Masagos

Tanjong Pagar^PAP	Chan, C S Chia, S L Indranee Pereira Yong, Y C

West Coast^PAP	Foo, M H Iswaran Lim, H K Tay, T G

Single Member Constituencies (SMCs)

Bukit Batok^-	Vacant

Bukit Panjang^PAP	Teo, H P

Fengshan^PAP	Chan, W L

Hong Kah North^PAP	Khor, L S

Hougang^WP	Png, E H

MacPherson^PAP	Tin, P L

Mountbatten^PAP	Lim, B C

Pioneer^PAP	Foo, C K

Potong Pasir^PAP	Sitoh, Y P

Punggol East^PAP	Chong, Y F

Radin Mas^PAP	Tan, C S

Sengkang West^PAP	Lam, P M

Yuhua^PAP	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

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
The NCMPs listed above are from the WP, while NMPs do not belong to any party.

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