Jessica Tan

Early life

Tan attended Convent of Our Lady of Good Counsel, St. Joseph's Convent and Catholic Junior College before graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1989 with a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree with honours in economics and sociology.

Career

Tan joined IBM Singapore in 1989. In 2002, she was appointed the Director of Networking Services Asia Pacific at IBM Global Services. In July 2008, Tan became the Managing Director of Microsoft Singapore. Since June 2023, she has been an External Director at Mitsui & Co.

Political career

Tan made her political debut in the 2006 general election when she joined a five-member People's Action Party team contesting in East Coast GRC. After the PAP team won with 63.86% of the vote against the Workers' Party, Tan became a Member of Parliament representing the Changi-Simei ward of East Coast GRC.

Since then, Tan has retained her parliamentary seat in the subsequent general elections in 2011, 2015, 2020 and 2025 after the PAP team in East Coast GRC won with 54.83%, 60.73%, 53.41% and 58.73% of the vote in these four general elections against the Workers' Party.

On 31 August 2020, Tan and Christopher de Souza were elected as Deputy Speakers of Parliament.

On 17 July 2023, Tan became Acting Speaker of Parliament after Tan Chuan-Jin resigned as Speaker following revelations of an extramarital affair. She held the office for two weeks until Seah Kian Peng was elected as Speaker on 2 August.

Tan is the chairperson of East Coast Town Council.

On 22 September 2025, Tan left the role of Deputy Speaker after Xie Yao Quan and de Souza were nominated to it for the 15th Parliament.

Personal life

Tan is a Roman Catholic and a Peranakan.

She has been married to Alphonsus Pang, a public servant, since 1990. They have three children.

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