Ng Chee Meng, Date of Birth

Ng Chee Meng

Singaporean politician and former Chief of Defence Force

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1968

Profession: politician, Chief of Defence Force

Nationality: Singapore

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ng Chee Meng (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Huáng Zhìmíng; born 8 August 1968) is a Singaporean politician and the current Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress.
He served as the 8th Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) from 2013 to 2015, and held the rank of Lieutenant-General.
He was also the Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) from 2009 to 2013.
Upon retirement from military career, He announced his intention to enter politics, and is the highest ranking officer to join the ruling party.
In the 2015 Singapore general election, he was fielded into Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC and won a seat successfully paving way to be a Member of Parliament. He is currently a Member of Parliament for the Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency.
Ng was appointed as the Acting Minister of Schools and the Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Transport, by the Prime Minister on 1 October 2015.
Ng was promoted to Minister for Education (Schools) and Second Minister for Transport on 1 November 2016.