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* from 2024 - appointed Minister for Digital Development and Information | * from 2024 - appointed Minister for Digital Development and Information | ||
* from 2017 - Second Minister for Home Affairs | * from 2018 to 2021 - Minister for Manpower | ||
* from 2017 to present - Second Minister for Home Affairs | |||
* from 2021 - Minister-in-charge of the Cyber Security Agency and Smart Nation Initiative | * from 2021 - Minister-in-charge of the Cyber Security Agency and Smart Nation Initiative | ||
For a full list of positions, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20250220124204/https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps/list-of-current-mps/mp/details/josephine-teo PARL link]. | For a full list of positions, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20250220124204/https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps/list-of-current-mps/mp/details/josephine-teo PARL link]. | ||
She first contested in the GE2006 in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC as part of a five-member PAP team, but it was an uncontested walkover. Thereafter she moved to Jalan Besar GRC in 2020 and retained her MP post. | She first contested in the [[GE2006]] in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC as part of a five-member PAP team, but it was an uncontested walkover. Thereafter she moved to Jalan Besar GRC in 2020 and retained her MP post. | ||
==Early Life and Education== | ==Early Life and Education== | ||
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* Josephine Teo said service for the country cannot be measured in dollars and cents. | * Josephine Teo said service for the country cannot be measured in dollars and cents. | ||
* her comment attracted widespread public criticism, the most common being, why should the PAP and minister's contributions be measured in monetary terms but not so for NSmen? Why the double standards? | * her comment attracted widespread public criticism, the most common being, why should the PAP and minister's contributions be measured in monetary terms but not so for NSmen? Why the double standards? | ||
* by Mar 3, the CNA article was observed to have been removed | * by Mar 3, the CNA article was observed to have been removed<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250319150531/https://mothership.sg/2015/03/channel-news-asia-secretly-deletes-article-after-senior-minister-of-state-josephine-teo-skewered-online-for-nsmen-comments/</ref> | ||
==="You need a very small space to have sex" comment=== | ==="You need a very small space to have sex" comment=== | ||