Yeo Ning Hong: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Yeo Ning Hong

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|list=[[Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang|DUBC]]}}

| native_name = {{nobold|杨林丰}}

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| office = [[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)#Ministers|Minister for Defence]]

| primeminister = [[Goh Chok Tong]]

| term_start = 1 July 1991

| term_end = 1 July 1994

| predecessor = Goh Chok Tong

| successor = [[Lee Boon Yang]]

| office1 = [[Ministry of Communications and Information#Ministers|Minister for Communications]]

| primeminister1 = [[Lee Kuan Yew]]

| term_start1 = 1 June 1984

| term_end1 = 30 June 1991<br /> {{small|Acting: 7 September 1983 – 31 May 1984}}

| predecessor1 = [[Ong Pang Boon]]

| successor1 = [[Mah Bow Tan]]

| constituency_MP2 = [[Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency|Kampong Glam GRC]]<br />(Kim Seng)

| term_start2 = 21 August 1991

| term_end2 = 16 December 1996

| predecessor2 = ''Constituency established''

| successor2 = ''Constituency abolished''

| constituency_MP3 = [[Kim Seng Single Member Constituency|Kim Seng SMC]]

| term_start3 = 23 December 1980

| term_end3 = 14 August 1991

| predecessor3 = Ong Leong Boon

| successor3 = ''Constituency abolished''

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|11|03}}

| birth_place = [[Singapore in the Straits Settlements|Singapore]], [[Straits Settlements]]

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| alma_mater = [[National University of Singapore|University of Singapore]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Distinguished Science Alumni Awards 1999: Yeo Ning Hong | publisher = [[National University of Singapore]] | url = http://www.drgs.science.nus.edu.sg/alumni/awards/dsa99_yeonh.html}}</ref><br />[[University of Cambridge]] ([[PhD]])

| party = [[People's Action Party]]

}}

{{family name hatnote|[[Yeoh|Yeo]]|lang=Chinese}}

'''Yeo Ning Hong''' {{post-nominals|list=[[Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang|DUBC]]}} ({{lang-zh|s=杨林丰|p=Yáng Línfēng}}; born 3 November 1943) is a Singaporean chemist and former politician. He served as [[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)#Ministers|Minister for Defence]] from 1991 to 1994, and [[Ministry of Communications and Information#Ministers|Minister for Communications]] from 1984 to 1991. A former member of the governing [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), he was the [[Parliament of Singapore|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Kim Seng Single Member Constituency|Kim Seng SMC]] from 1980 to 1991 and later the Kim Seng division of [[Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency|Kampong Glam GRC]] from 1991 to 1996

== Education ==

Yeo studied in [[National University of Singapore|University of Singapore]] and also graduated with a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] from the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Distinguished Science Alumni Awards 1999: Yeo Ning Hong |url=http://www.drgs.science.nus.edu.sg/alumni/awards/dsa99_yeonh.html |publisher=[[National University of Singapore]]}}</ref> He was also a research fellow of [[Christ's College, Cambridge]] between 1970 and 1973.

== Post political career ==

Since retiring from politics, Yeo has served as the Executive Chairman of the Singapore Technologies Group and the Chairman of the [[Port of Singapore Authority]]. He has also published several books under the [[pen name]] "Adrian Yeo".<ref>{{cite news |author=Chio Su-Mei |date=2007-11-10 |title=Ex-Cabinet member Dr Yeo Ning Hong launches math book |publisher=[[Channel NewsAsia]] |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/310803/1/.html}}</ref>

| years=1985–1990 }}

| years=1990–1994 }}

[[Category:Ministers for defence of Singapore]]

[[Category:1943 births]]