Koo Tsai Kee | |
Constituency Mp: | Tanjong Pagar GRC, (Tiong Bahru) |
Parliament: | Singapore |
Term: | 1991 - 2011 |
Predecessor: | Ch'ng Jit Koon (Tiong Bahru GRC) |
Successor: | Lee Kuan Yew (Tanjong pagar-Tiong Bahru) |
Birth Date: | 29 November 1954 |
Birth Place: | Colony of Singapore |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | Raffles Junior College University of Newcastle University of New South Wales University College London |
Occupation: | Associate Professor |
Profession: | Academic |
Koo Tsai Kee (; born 29 November 1954) is a Singaporean associate professor and former politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1991 to 2011, representing the Tiong Bahru division under the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (Tanjong Pagar GRC).
Koo was educated in Raffles Institution and was a Colombo Plan scholar.[1] He holds a Bachelor of Surveying with first class honours from the universities of Newcastle and New South Wales. He also attended University College London and has a Graduate Diploma in photogrammetry, Master of Science and Master of Philosophy.[2]
Koo entered politics in 1991, when he was elected via walkover as a MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC.
In 1995, Koo became a parliamentary secretary and was promoted to senior parliamentary secretary in 1999. As parliamentary secretary, he had worked in various ministries, including Finance, National Development, Defence, and Environment and Water Resources. Koo was promoted to Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence in May 2006.
Koo is an associate professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and has been on no-pay leave since 1999.[3]