Lam Pin Min

Dr. Lam Pin Min (Chinese: 藍彬明; pinyin: Lán Bīnmíng, 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

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) AljuniedWP Chen, S M Lim, S L Low, T K Faisal Singh Ang Mo KioPAP Ang, H K David Gan, T P Intan Koh, P K Lee, H L Bishan-Toa PayohPAP Chee, H T Chong, K H Ng, E H Saktiandi Teo, L M Chua Chu KangPAP Gan, K Y Low, Y L Yee, C H Zaqy East CoastPAP Lee, Y S Lim, S S Maliki Tan, S N Holland-Bukit TimahPAP de Souza Liang, E H Sim, Ann Vivian Jalan BesarPAP Heng, C H Neo, Lily Phua, L P Yaacob JurongPAP Ang, W N Lee, T S Rahayu Tharman Tan, W M Marine ParadePAP Fatimah Goh, C T Seah, K P Tan, C J Tong, C F Marsiling-Yew TeePAP Halimah Ong, T K Wong, S T Yam, Z M Nee SoonPAP Faishal Kwek, H C Lee, B W Ng, K K Shanmugam Pasir Ris-PunggolPAP Ng, C M Puthucheary Sun, X L Teo, C H Teo, S L Zainal SembawangPAP Amrin Khaw, B W Lim, W K Ong, Y K Vikram TampinesPAP Baey, Y K Cheng, L H Choo, P C Heng, S K Masagos Tanjong PagarPAP Chan, C S Chia, S L Indranee Pereira Yong, Y C West CoastPAP Foo, M H Iswaran Lim, H K Tay, T G Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) Bukit BatokPAP Ong, K H Bukit PanjangPAP Teo, H P FengshanPAP Chan, W L Hong Kah NorthPAP Khor, L S HougangWP Png, E H MacPhersonPAP Tin, P L MountbattenPAP Lim, B C PioneerPAP Foo, C K Potong PasirPAP Sitoh, Y P Punggol EastPAP Chong, Y F Radin MasPAP Tan, C S Sengkang WestPAP Lam, P M YuhuaPAP Fu, H Y Non-elected members NCMP Perera Tan, L F Goh, P S 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. Other Current/Former MPs Nav Boxes 13 12 11