Carrie Tan | |
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| 陈浍敏 | |
.jpg) Tan in 2020 | |
| Member of Parliament forNee Soon GRC (Nee Soon South) | |
| Assumed office 10 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Bee Wah (PAP) |
| Majority | 33,149 (23.80%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1982-04-11)11 April 1982 (age 42)[1] Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore (BA) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (MPA) |
Carrie Tan Huimin (Chinese:陈浍敏;pinyin:Chén Huìmǐn; born 11 April 1982)[1] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governingPeople's Action Party (PAP), she has been theMember of Parliament (MP) representing theNee Soon South division ofNee Soon GRC since 2020.
Prior to joining politics, Tan founded Daughters of Tomorrow (DOT), an organisation which enables livelihoods and financial self-sufficiency for underprivileged women in Singapore.[2] She raises awareness about urban poverty in Singapore, and forges collaboration among private, public and non-profit sectors to enable social and economic mobility for vulnerable communities as part of her work with DOT.[3][4][5][6]
Tan is a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative fellow[7] and her work in women's empowerment and advocacy for collaboration was mentioned by United States PresidentBarack Obama at a press conference during Singapore Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong's visit to theWhite House in August 2016.[8]
Tan was born in 1982 in Singapore to a taxi driver-turned-contractor father and a housewife, and has a sister.[9] She was educated atRaffles Girls’ School andRaffles Junior College,[10] before graduating from theNational University of Singapore where she majored inhistory.[10] Tan later went on to obtain aMaster of Public Administration degree from theLee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Tan was aheadhunter until 2012.[11] After a volunteering trip to South India in 2007, she founded a social enterprise, Daughters of Tomorrow, which provided skills training for underprivileged women in India.[11][12]
In 2014, Tan was featured in aCNA documentary, "A Singaporean Abroad", about her humanitarian work in India, training women from villages, who were rescued from sex-trafficking, in cottage industry skills.[13]
In November 2015, Tan was selected to introduce United States PresidentBarack Obama at a Town Hall meeting inKuala Lumpur as part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative.[7] In May 2016, she was awarded Honoree for the Children, World Peace and Human Rights category in the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award by Junior Chambers International in Singapore.[14]
Tan founded Daughters of Tomorrow (DOT) in 2012.[2] DOT matches low-income women to job opportunities, advocates for their inclusion in government policies and provides job training programs for low-income women.[15][16]
DOT was awarded the Most Investment-worthy Social Enterprise by the Asian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy (ACSEP) of theNational University of Singapore in 2015.[17]
Tan made her political debut in the2020 general election when she succeededLee Bee Wah to contest inNee Soon GRC as part of the five-memberPeople's Action Party (PAP) team against the newly-formedProgress Singapore Party (PSP).[18][19] Her running mates wereK. Shanmugam,Louis Ng,Faishal Ibrahim, andDerrick Goh.[19]
On 11 July 2020, the PAP team were declared to be elected to represent Nee Soon GRC in the14th Parliament, garnering 61.9% of the vote. Tan was appointed as Vice-Chairperson of Nee Soon Town Council (NSTC) since 2020.[20]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Nee Soon GRC (Nee Soon South) 2020 – present | Incumbent |
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