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Grace Fu was born on 29 March, 1964 in State of Singapore, is a Singaporean politician. Discover Grace Fu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 29 March, 1964
Birthday 29 March
Birthplace State of Singapore
Nationality Singapore

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1964

Grace Fu Hai Yien (born 1964) is a Singaporean accountant and politician who has been serving as Minister for Sustainability and the Environment since 2020.

She also took up the portfolio of Minister-in-Charge for Trade Relations since January 2024.

Fu was born on 29 March 1964 in Singapore.

1985

She was educated at Nanyang Girls' High School and Hwa Chong Junior College before graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1985 with a Bachelor of Accountancy with honours degree in 1985.

Fu started her career at the Overseas Union Bank as an auditor from 1985 to 1988.

1991

She subsequently completed a Master of Business Administration degree at the NUS Business School in 1991.

She then joined the Haw Par Group, where she worked in corporate planning, financial control and business development from 1991 to 1995.

1992

Fu has been a non-practising member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore since 1992.

1995

In October 1995, Fu joined PSA Corporation as Assistant Director (Finance).

1998

She took on additional responsibility as Vice-President (Marketing), and assumed the position of Financial Controller in October 1998.

1999

She was promoted to Executive Vice-President (Finance) in January 1999.

2003

In April 2003, Fu was appointed CEO of Singapore Terminals.

2004

In 2004, she became CEO of PSA South East Asia and Japan, where she was responsible for the business performance of PSA's flagship terminals in Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, and Japan.

2006

She made her political debut in the 2006 general election as part of the five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC and won.

Fu made her political debut in the 2006 general election as part of the five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC and won.

Fu was subsequently elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Yuhua division of Jurong GRC in June 2006.

She was one of 24 new PAP candidates introduced ahead of the general election.

On 1 August 2006, Fu was appointed Minister of State for National Development.

2008

Before her appointment as the Minister of Sustainability and the Environment, Fu served as Senior Minister of State for National Development and Senior Minister of State for Education between 2008 and 2011, Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources and Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts between 2011 and 2012, Second Minister for Foreign Affairs between 2012 and 2015, Leader of the House and Minister for Culture, Community and Youth between 2015 and 2020.

On 1 April 2008, Fu was promoted to Senior Minister of State for National Development, and appointed Senior Minister of State for Education concurrently.

2011

A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Yuhua SMC since 2011.

An accountant by profession, Fu had worked at Overseas Union Bank, Haw Par Group and PSA Corporation before entering politics.

She has contested in Yuhua SMC since the 2011 general election.

At the 2011 general election, Fu contested in the newly created Yuhua SMC and won with 66.9% of the vote.

Following the election, Fu was appointed Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts, and Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources concurrently.

2012

In January 2012, Fu expressed concerns over the planned 36–37% income cuts for ministers, saying that if ministerial pay was further reduced in the future, it would "make it harder for anyone considering political office".

Her comments contributed to the ongoing public debate over compensation and motivation of public officials, and were subject to criticism from netizens in Singapore.

Others defended her remark as fair, supporting her position that loss of privacy and public scrutiny adds a large personal cost to public positions not found in the private sector.

On 31 July 2012, Fu was made full minister, becoming the second woman in Singapore's history, after Lim Hwee Hua, to become a full minister in the Cabinet.

She served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2015.

2014

In 2014, as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Fu was in charge of the Municipal Services Office.

2015

In 2015, Fu was appointed Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, becoming the first female minister in Singapore to head a ministry.

Fu served as Leader of the House from 2015 to 2020, before being appointed Minister for Sustainability and the Environment in 2020.

2020

Following the 2020 general election, Fu became Organising Secretary of the PAP's Central Executive Committee (CEC), and an advisor of Yuhua SMC Grassroots Organisations.

She has also been a member of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, co-chaired by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, and Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley, since 2020.

In January 2024, following the resignation of S. Iswaran as Minister for Transport and Minister In-Charge of Trade Relations, a Cabinet Reshuffle was conducted and Chee Hong Tat was promoted to Minister for Transport while Fu took over the portfolio of Minister In-charge of Trade Relations from Iswaran.

Fu's father, James Fu, was a former leftist journalist who became press secretary to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

Her mother was a nurse.

Fu is married to technopreneur Ivan Lee and they have three sons.