Grace Fu Hai Yien
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| Grace Fu Hai Yien 傅海燕; | |
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| Party Affiliation | PAP 
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| Current Role | • Pending • |
| Past Roles | • Pending • |
| Others | • Pending • Pending |
| Background | |
| Education | • Pending • • • |
| Personal Details | |
| Age | 60 |
| Others | Pending |
Grace Fu Hai Yien DCMG (傅海燕; born 29 March 1964) is a Singaporean politician from the People's Action Party (PAP) and accountant. She has been the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment since July 2020. In addition to that, she has been the Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations since January 2024. She has represented the Yuhua Single Member Constituency (SMC) in Parliament since 2011.
For the full list of positions, refer to https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps/list-of-current-mps/mp/details/grace-fu-hai-yien
Early Life and Education
Grace Fu completed her Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) from the National University of Singapore (NUS). She later earned a Master of Business Administration from the same institution. She looked up to her grandmother and mother as a role model of educated women; her grandmother, Liew Yuen Sien, was the principal of Nanyang Girls' High School, and her mother was a nurse and later Matron of Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Career
Grace started her career in the financial industry in 1985 at Overseas Union Bank. Later, she moved to Haw Par Group and worked on corporate planning, business development, and economic control from 1991 to 1995.
Grace then moved to PSA Corporation in October 1995 and held several positions, ranging from Assistant Director (Finance) to Vice-President (Marketing) and Financial Controller in October 1998. A year later, she was promoted to Executive Vice-President (Finance). In April 2003, Fu took on the CEO role at Singapore Terminals. The following year, she became the CEO of PSA South East Asia and Japan, overseeing the business operations of PSA's key terminals in Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, and Japan.
Political career
Grace made her political debut in 2006 when she was a member of the PAP team for the Jurong GRC. The party won, and Grace was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Yuhua division of Jurong GRC in June 2006.
Ministerial Roles
Grace has assumed various ministerial roles in her political career:
Minister of State for National Development (2006 - 2008)
Senior Minister of State for National Development (2008 - 2011)
Senior Minister of State for Education (2008 - 2011)
Senior Minister of State for Environment and Water Resources (2011 - 2012)
Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts (2011 - 2012)
Minister, Prime Minister's Office (2012 - 2015)
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs (2012 - 2015)
Second Minister for Environment and Water Resources (2012 - 2015)
Leader of the House (2015 - 2020) Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (2015 - 2020)
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (July 2020 – Present)
Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations (January 2024 – Present)
Advocate for sustainability
Grace had been advocating for sustainable development long before she became the minister for Sustainability and the Environment. In 2017, she successfully made her constituency, Yuhua, Singapore's first green neighbourhood.
Personal life
Grace is married to techpreneur Ivan Lee and a mother of three sons.
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