Ong Ye Kung

Ong Ye Kung (Chinese: 王乙康; pinyin: Wáng Yĭkāng; born 15 November 1969) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is currently the Acting Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) and Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence. He has also been a Member of parliament (MP) for Sembawang GRC since September 2015 following the 2015 general elections.

He was previously the Director of Group Strategy at Keppel Corporation in Singapore., Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), the Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency, and the Principal Private Secretary to Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong.

In August 2015, the PAP announced that Ong would be a candidate for the party in the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency at the 2015 general election. His team won, and subsequently, he was elected to Parliament.

Ong is appointed Acting Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) and Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence since 1 October 2015.