Saktiandi Supaat

Saktiandi Supaat
MP
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
(Toa Payoh East-Novena)
Assumed office
11 September 2015
Personal details
Born (1973-10-28) 28 October 1973
Singapore
Nationality Singaporean
Political party People's Action Party
Alma mater Murdoch University
University of Melbourne
National University of Singapore
University of Cambridge
Occupation Politician
Profession Economist
Religion Islam
This is a Malay name; the name Supaat is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Saktiandi.

Saktiandi bin Supaat (born 28 October 1973[1]) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the Singapore-based People's Action Party (PAP), he currently serves as a member of parliament (MP) for Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency(GRC).[2]

Education

Saktiandi received his early education at Henry Park Primary School, Raffles Institution and Catholic Junior College.[3] He then went on to complete his BEcon and BCom (Honours) degrees at Murdoch University and University of Melbourne respectively.[4] He proceeded to complete his MSSc in Applied Economics at the National University of Singapore before obtaining an MBA from the University of Cambridge.[4]

Career

Saktiandi is an economist by profession, and is currently the Executive Vice President and Head of FX Research team in Global Markets, Global Banking of Maybank.[5] Prior to joining the private sector in 2010, Saktiandi was a Lead Economist in the Economic Policy Department of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).[3]

Political career

On 12 August 2015, the People's Action Party (PAP) announced Saktiandi to be part of a five-member PAP team that would be contesting in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC in the 2015 general election.[5][6] Saktiandi was elected into Parliament following the 2015 Singapore General Elections,[7] when their five-member PAP team won and clinched 73.59% of the electorate's valid votes.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Parliament CV - Mr Saktiandi Supaat" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore.
  2. ↑ "Mr Saktiandi Bin Supaat". Parliament of Singapore. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Saktiandi Bin Supaat 安迪" (PDF). pap.org.sg. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Saktiandi Supaat". linkedin. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 Ong, Justin (12 August 2015). "PAP names 3 new candidates for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Malay: "PAP mula perkenalkan calon baru pilihan raya termasuk calon Melayu Saktiandi Supaat". Berita Harian. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Chew, Hui Min (12 September 2015). "GE2015: PAP wins in 15 of 16 GRCs; Workers' Party retains Aljunied GRC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Khoo, Lynette (12 September 2015). "GE2015: PAP wins Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC with 73.59% of votes". The Business Times. Retrieved 20 September 2015.


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