Tan Chuan-Jin: 5 things about the former Speaker of Parliament
2. Stepping into politics
In 2013, he was appointed Acting Minister for Manpower and was promoted to full minister in May the following year.3. Cabinet positions Mr Tan resigned as the Social and Family Development Minister in 2017, after being nominated by PM Lee to succeed Madam Halimah Yacob as the Speaker of Parliament. Mdm Halimah had resigned from her post to contest the Presidential Elections.On July 10, a recording of parliamentary proceedings during the first day of debate on the President’s Address on April 17 was uploaded on social media platform Reddit.
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