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Eddie Teo

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Eddie Teo
张赞成
Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers
Assumed office
2 January 2019
PresidentHalimah Yacob
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Preceded byJ. Y. Pillay
Chairman of the Public Service Commission
In office
2008 – 31 July 2018
DeputyLee Tzu Yang
Preceded byAndrew Chew Guan Khuan
Succeeded byLee Tzu Yang
Singapore's High Commissioner to Australia
In office
2006–2008
PresidentS. R. Nathan
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office
In office
1998–2005
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Lee Hsien Loong
Permanent Secretary for Defence
In office
1994–2000
MinisterTony Tan
Director of the Internal Security Department
In office
1982–1986
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Goh Chok Tong
Preceded byLim Chye Heng
Succeeded byTjong Yik Min
Director of the Security and Intelligence Division
In office
1979–1994
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Goh Chok Tong
Preceded byS. R. Nathan
Succeeded byChoi Shing Kwok
Personal details
Born (1947-05-27) 27 May 1947 (age 77)
Colony of Singapore, British Malaya
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA)
London School of Economics (MS)
Eddie Teo Chan Seng
Simplified Chinese张赞成
Traditional Chinese張贊成
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Zànchéng

Eddie Teo Chan Seng PPA(E) PJG DUBC DUNU (Chinese: 张赞成; pinyin: Zhāng Zànchéng) is a Singaporean civil servant who has been serving as Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers since 2019.

Education

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A President's Scholar, Teo graduated from the University of Oxford in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE).

He subsequently went to complete a Master of Science degree in international relations at the London School of Economics in 1974.

Career

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Teo joined the Security and Intelligence Division (SID) in 1970, before becoming Director in 1979, a post he served until 1994. From 1982 to 1986, he held the position of Director of the Internal Security Department concurrently.

He was Permanent Secretary for Defence from 1994 to 2000 and Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office from 1998 to 2005. He was Singapore's High Commissioner to Australia from 2006 to 2008.

He served as Chairman of the Public Service Commission from 2008 to 2018, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Religious Harmony from 2017 to 2019 and Senior Advisor of Temasek International Advisors Pte Ltd from 2019 to 2020.

Teo was appointed as Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisors on 2 January 2019.[1]

Awards

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Teo retired in 2005, after 35 years of public service. For his contributions to the Singapore Public Service, Teo was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 1983, the Meritorious Service Medal in 1997, the Distinguished Service Order in 2006 and the Order of Nila Utama in 2017.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "J Y Pillay retires as Council of Presidential Advisors chairman, Eddie Teo to succeed". channelnewsasia.com. CNA. 17 December 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Mr Eddie Teo has extensive experience in public admin". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008.