Sim Ann

Sim Ann MP
沈颖
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2015
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Minister	Grace Fu
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2015
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Minister	Heng Swee Keat
Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC (Bukit Timah)
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2011
Preceded by	Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
Personal details
Born	(1975-03-12) 12 March 1975 Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Spouse(s)	Mok Ying Jang
Children	3
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford Stanford University

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sim.

Sim Ann (simplified Chinese: 沈颖; traditional Chinese: 沈穎; pinyin: Shěn Yǐng; born 12 March 1975) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she is the Senior Minister of State at the ministries of Culture, Community and Youth and Finance. She has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2011, representing the Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency.

Career

Prior to being elected to Parliament, Sim worked as a civil servant. From 1998 to 2000, she was an Assistant Director for Finance Policy and Planning at Singapore's Ministry of Health. From 2000 to 2003, she was an Assistant Director for Implementation Planning at the Ministry of Home Affairs. From 2003 to 2006, she became a Deputy Director for Trade at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. From 2007 to 2009, Sim was seconded to International Enterprise Singapore as the Regional Director. Based in Shanghai, Sim headed a team assisting Singapore-based companies with investment and sales in the East China region. From 2009 to 2011, she was the Director of the National Population Secretariat and she led efforts to restructure the Secretariat into the National Population and Talent Division.

Political career

At the 2011 general election, Sim was elected to Parliament as an MP for the Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency (GRC). She was a member of the PAP's team in the GRC led by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, Vivian Balakrishnan, which defeated the team from the Singapore Democratic Party by 48,773 votes (60.1%) to 32,406 (39.9%). Since the election, she has represented the Bukit Timah ward within the constituency.

Following the election, Sim was made the Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Law. Subsequently, on 1st September 2013, Sim was made the Minister of State for Ministry of Education and Ministry of Communications and Information.

In the General Election 2015, Sim was again a member of the PAP team contesting in the Holland - Bukit Timah GRC. The team, led by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, defeated the team from Singapore Democratic Party by 62,786 votes (66.6%) to 31,494 votes (33.4%).

On 28 September 2015, it was announced that Sim will be the Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, effective 1st October 2015.

Education

Sim was educated in Raffles Girls' School and Hwa Chong Junior College, before being awarded a President's Scholarship to study at Exeter College, Oxford University, where she completed a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) in 1997. In 1998, she completed a Master of Arts in Political Science at Stanford University. Sim also holds a Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Translation and Interpretation from Nanyang Technological University, which she completed in 2005.

Personal life

Sim is married to Mok Ying Jang. The couple have three children (two sons and one daughter). Sim's second son was born on 22 November 2011, making Sim the first MP in Singapore to give birth while holding office.

External links

• Sim Ann on Facebook
• Sim Ann at parliament.gov.sg
• Sim Ann, PAP media release, 14 April 2011