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Tan Chuan-Jin (; born 10 January 1969) is a Singaporean former politician and brigadier-general. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), Tan served as Speaker of the Parliament between 2017 and 2023, and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Marine Parade GRC from 2011 to 2023.
He also served as Minister for Manpower between 2014 and 2015, and Minister for Social and Family Development between 2015 and 2017.
Prior to his appointment to the Cabinet, he served as a Senior Minister of State and Acting Minister between 2012 and 2014. Tan also served as President of the Singapore National Olympic Council between 2014 and 2023.
In July 2023, both Tan and Cheng Li Hui resigned as members of the People's Action Party (PAP) after they admitted to being in a years-long extramarital relationship with each other. Tan resigned his seat as Member of Parliament (MP), Speaker of the Parliament and as a member of People's Action Party (PAP) on 17 July 2023 and his division is being covered by other members in Marine Parade GRC.
He also completed a Master of Arts degree in defence studies at King's College London, and a Master of Public Administration degree at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in 2008.
On 25 March 2011, Tan retired from the Singapore Armed Forces to enter politics.
On 1 August 2012, he was appointed Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of National Development and Acting Minister for Manpower. During his tenure at the Ministry of National Development, Tan worked with heritage, nature, environmental and animal welfare groups on issues related to the Rail Corridor and Bukit Brown Cemetery. He also worked on issues which led to Sisters' Islands being designated as Singapore's first marine park, as well as amendments being made to the Animal and Birds Act.
On 1 September 2013, Tan relinquished his appointment at the Ministry of National Development and became Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Manpower while continuing to serve as Acting Minister for Manpower. On 1 May 2014, he was promoted to full Minister. On 9 April 2015, Tan became Minister for Social and Family Development as part of a Cabinet reshuffle and continued to helm the Ministry of Manpower until he relinquished it to Lim Swee Say on 4 May of the same year.
During the 2015 general election, Tan with his PAP teammates defended their seats in Marine Parade GRC which they won with 64.07% of the vote against the Workers' Party. After the election, Tan continued serving as Minister for Social and Family Development.
Tan retained his parliamentary seat after his five-member PAP team contesting in Marine Parade GRC during the 2020 general election won again with 57.74% of the vote against the Workers' Party (WP).
On 11 July 2023, Tan made a public apology to WP MP Jamus Lim after a clip of him using unparliamentary language during a 17 April parliamentary sitting was shared on Reddit. As Speaker of Parliament, Tan was heard saying "fucking populist" under his breath at the end of a 20-minute speech by Lim urging the PAP government to further help lower-income groups and to establish an official poverty line, when the microphone picked up Tan's comment. Tan apologised to Lim who accepted his apology.
In a statement, Lee responded to their resignation letters that their resignations were "necessary" for "maintaining the high standards of propriety and personal conduct which the PAP has upheld all these years." Their respective parliamentary seats at Marine Parade GRC and Tampines GRC were subsequently left vacant, and the workload for Tan's Kembangan–Chai Chee division of Marine Parade GRC and Cheng's Tampines East division of Tampines GRC were distributed among the other MPs in their respective GRCs. Tan also resigned his position as Speaker of the Parliament.
In 2024, Tan would be announced as an instructor for a "masterclass in leadership" held at the SMF Centre for Corporate Learning in a Facebook post, which was quickly taken down due to significant backlash; the course itself would proceed as scheduled. He has also been a consultant at the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation since October 2023.
It was revealed by Lee Hsien Loong that Tan and Cheng had an extramarital affair since at least November 2020.
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