| Career | |
| 2004 – | Prime Minister Chairman, Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC) Chairman, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (2011) |
| 2001 – 2007 | Minister for Finance |
| 1998 – 2004 | Chairman, Monetary Authority of Singapore |
| 1990 – 2004 | Deputy Prime Minister |
| 1987 – 1992 | Minister for Trade and Industry |
| 1987 – 1990 | Second Minister for Defence |
| 1984 – 1987 | Minister of State for Ministry of Trade and Industry & Ministry of Defence |
| 2004 – | Secretary-General, People’s Action Party |
| 1992 – 2004 | First Assistant Secretary-General, People’s Action Party |
| 1989 – 1992 | Second Assistant Secretary-General, People’s Action Party |
| 1986 – 1989 | Member, Central Executive Committee of the People’s Action Party |
| 1984 – | Member of Parliament (First elected in 1984, and re-elected in 1988, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2011) |
| 1982 – 1984 | Chief of Staff of the General Staff |
| 1983 – 1984 | Director of the Joint Operations and Plans Directorate |
| 1978 – 1979 | Attended the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, USA |
| 1971 |
Completed Officer Cadet Course at SAFTI and commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the SAF |
| Academic | |
| 1979 – 1980 | Mason Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; graduated with a Master’s Degree in Public Administration |
| 1974 | University of Cambridge, UK; graduated as a Wrangler in the Mathematics Tripos (equivalent to First Class Honours) and with a Diploma in Computer Science (with Distinction) |
| 1971 | Awarded the SAF Scholarship |
| 1970 | Awarded the President’s Scholarship |
| 1970 | National Junior College |
| 1964 – 1969 | Catholic High School |
| 1958 – 1963 | Nanyang Girls’ High School (Co-Ed Primary Section) |






