| Lee Yi Shyan | |
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| Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC (Kampong Chai Chee ward) |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Tan Soo Khoon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1962 (age 49–50) |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
Lee Yi Shyan (simplified Chinese: 李奕贤; traditional Chinese: 李奕賢; pinyin: Lǐ Yìxián) is a Member of Parliament who represents East Coast Group Representation Constituency in Singapore
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Lee became an MP for the first time after the 2006 general elections and served as Minister of State (MOS) for Trade & Industry. He was concurrently appointed the MOS for Manpower from 2009 to 2011. In the May 2011 General Elections, Mr Lee was re-elected as one of the MPs for the East Coast GRC. He was also re-appointed as MOS for Trade and Industry, and held the post of MOS for National Development as well.
Lee graduated from the National University of Singapore in Chemical Engineering in 1986. He completed an executive management programme at the Harvard Business School in 1997 and a management programme at Tsinghua University in 2001.
Lee began his career at the Economic Development Board. He was based in Washington DC and Chicago from 1993 to 1997, as well as Suzhou in China from 1997 to 1998. Lee was appointed Deputy Chief Executive of the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board in 2000. The following year, Lee was appointed Chief Executive Officer of International Enterprise Singapore. As the MOS for Manpower from 2009 to 2011, Lee oversaw and spearheaded the research and developmental efforts for the joint MOM-MTI National Productivity Taskforce.
He was also a member of the National Productivity & Continuing Education Council.As MOS (Trade &Industry), Lee actively promotes economic exchanges and international trade and investments with China, Middle East and Russia. Lee co-chaired the Singapore-Jiangsu Cooperation Council, and the Singapore-Shandong Business Council. He is a member of the China-Singapore Joint Committee for Bilateral Co-operation, the Joint Ministerial Committee of the Tianjin Eco-City and the Guangzhou Knowledge City Steering Committee.
Lee is also the Co-Chairman of the Abu Dhabi-Singapore Joint Forum and a member of the Qatar-Singapore High Level Joint Committee. Mr Lee was appointed the Minister in charge of Enterpreneurship 2006 to 2011 during which he chaired the Action Community for Entrepreneurship.[1]
Under his National Development portfolio, Lee oversees urban planning, city development and town council issues. He also spearheads Singapore’s collaboration with China in the Tianjin Eco-City project.[2] Lee chairs the Quality Service Advisory Council of public services as well.
Lee is an avid badminton player and the President of the Singapore Badminton Association. He also plays golf, swims and skis.