Chan Soo Sen | |
Predecessor2: | Teo Chee Hean (Marine Parade GRC) |
Party: | People's Action Party (1997-2011) |
Majority1: | 5,646 (30.02%) |
Successor1: | Charles Chong |
Successor2: | himself (Joo Chiat SMC) |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1956 |
Birth Place: | Colony of Singapore |
Nationality: | Singaporean |
Constituency Mp1: | Joo Chiat SMC |
Term Start1: | 3 November 2001 |
Term End1: | 19 April 2011 |
Constituency Mp2: | East Coast GRC (Joo Chiat ward) |
Term Start2: | 23 December 1996 |
Term End2: | 18 October 2001 |
Education: | Nan Chiau High School[1] |
Chan Soo Sen (Chinese: s=曾士生|p=Zēng Shìshēng; born 1 October 1956) is a Singaporean former politician from the People's Action Party. He was the Member of Parliament representing the Joo Chiat ward in the East Coast Group Representation Constituency from 1997 to 2001 and the Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency from 2001 to 2011.[2]
Chan studied at Catholic High School[3] and was a President's Scholar.[4]
Chan also served as chief executive officer of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Co Ltd between 1994 and 1996.
Chan represented East Coast GRC between 1996 and 2001.
In the 2001 general elections, he defeated Ooi Boon Ewe, an independent candidate, with 83.55% of the votes in the same SMC.
In the 2006 general elections, Chan, representing PAP, defeated Tan Bing Seng of the Workers' Party of Singapore with 65.01% of the votes in the SMC.
In March 2011, Chan announced his retirement from politics.[5]