Sun Xueling
Sun Xueling (Chinese: 孙雪玲; pinyin: Sūn Xuělíng; born 10 July 1979) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister of State for Social and Family Development since 2020 and Minister of State for Home Affairs since 2022. She previously served as Minister of State for Education between 2020 and 2022. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Punggol West SMC since 2020.
Sun Xueling | |
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孙雪玲 | |
Sun on a house visit in 2020 | |
| Minister of State for Home Affairs | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2022 | |
| Minister | K. Shanmugam |
| Minister of State for Social and Family Development | |
| Assumed office 27 July 2020 | |
| Minister | Masagos Zulkifli |
| Preceded by | Sam Tan |
| Minister of State for Education | |
| In office 27 July 2020 – 12 June 2022 | |
| Minister | Lawrence Wong Chan Chun Sing |
| Preceded by | Chee Hong Tat |
| Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs | |
| In office 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020 | |
| Minister | K. Shanmugam |
| Senior Parliamentary Secretary for National Development | |
| In office 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020 | |
| Minister | Lawrence Wong |
| Member of Parliament for Punggol West SMC | |
| Assumed office 10 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC (Punggol West) | |
| In office 11 September 2015 – 23 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Janil Puthucheary (PAP) |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Soon Sher Rene 10 July 1979 Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore (BSS) London School of Economics (MS) |
Prior to entering politics, Sun had worked at the Economic Development Board, DBS Bank, Temasek International, Deutsche Bank AG and Macquarie Securities.
She made her political debut in the 2015 general election as part of a six-member PAP team contesting in Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC and won 72.89% of the vote.
She served as Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for National Development concurrently between 2018 and 2020.
During the 2020 general election, she contested as a PAP candidate in Punggol West SMC and won 60.98% of the votes. She was subsequently promoted to Minister of State in 2020.