Sun Xueling

Sun Xueling
MP
孙雪玲
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency
Assumed office
11 September 2015
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Personal details
Born (1979-07-10) 10 July 1979
Singapore
Nationality Singaporean
Political party People's Action Party[1]
Children 1
Alma mater London School of Economics, National University of Singapore
Profession Banker, Politician

Sun Xueling (simplified Chinese: 孙雪玲; traditional Chinese: 孫雪玲; pinyin: Sūn Xuě Líng; born 1979) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been serving as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency since September 2015.

Education

Sun graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Upper Honours) in Economics,[2] has a master's degree in international political economy from the London School of Economics.[3]

Career

Sun joined the Economic Development Board of Singapore in 2003 before joining Development Bank of Singapore as an assistant vice-president. She was also senior vice-president in Macquarie Capital Securities HK and director of Deutsche Bank Hong Kong.[4] Sun serves on the Temasek Holdings board as an investment director since June 2014, and is also the chief executive officer of non-profit organisation Business China.[5][6] In her corporate role, her focus areas include looking for companies that create value and are growing.[3]

Political career

Before 2015, Sun is a long-time grassroots volunteer in the Women's Wing of the People's Action Party at Buona Vista,[2] and is an advocate of women and mothers' rights.[3][7][8][9] She was also the assistant secretary of the Youth Sub-Committee of the Buona Vista CCC in 2004 and assistant secretary of the Buona Vista CCC in 2006.[4]

In 2015, the People's Action Party (PAP) announced that Sun would contest in the Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency during the 2015 general election[10] after being introduced during a tree planting event.[11] She now serves as member of parliament for Punggol[12][13] West. Sun also serves as the North East District Adviser in Singapore,[14] and as deputy chairperson of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Communications and Information.[15]

Personal life

Sun is married with a daughter.[16] Her hobbies may include reading and swimming.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "A Singaporean born and bred". Straits Times. 23 Aug 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Lim, Jessica. "GE2015: On the campaign trail with PAP's Sun Xueling". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 Ong, Justin (22 Aug 2015). "Ng Chee Meng, Sun Xueling join PAP’s Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC team". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Business as usual for CEO and mum of toddler". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Asia Briefs: ESM Goh in China for economic forum". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Parliament: Move to extend maintenance payments to some men a 'calibrated' measure". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Women MPs to help gather female views on key issues". Straits Times. 8 Mar 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  9. ↑ Teng, Amelia. "PAP's Women Wing to start discussions on women's perspectives and aspirations". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "7 Things Spotted On The Campaign Trail, Sept 2 edition". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC: Temasek exec attends her 'first formal event'". Asiaone. 2 August 2016.
  12. ↑ Toh, Yong Chuan. "New measures riding on SkillsFuture credits to be introduced". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Six months on the ground: New MPs on their political journey so far". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "5 first-time MPs appointed to PAP Women's Wing Executive Committee". CNA. 1 Feb 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  15. ↑ "3 newcomer MPs named deputies in line-up of GPCs". Asiaone. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "Newly minted MPs gear up for President's Address in Parliament". Retrieved 4 April 2016.

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