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Lim Hng Kiang

PEP · Politician

Lim Hng Kiang is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Lim Hng Kiang · لم ہنگ کیانگ · ليم هنج كيانج · 林勋强 · 林勛強 · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	林勋强 · 林勛強				[sources]
Weak alias	린쉰창 · 임훈강				[sources]
Birth date	1954-04-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Singapore				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Singapore				[sources]
Citizenship	Singapore				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	Lim_Hng_Kiang@mti.gov.sg				[sources]
Last name	Lin				[sources]
Political association	People's Action Party				[sources]
Title	Mr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6548691				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the Board · Member of the Parliament of Singapore · Minister for Health (1999-2003) · Minister for National Development (1995-1999) · Minister for Trade and Industry (2004-2015) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Christ's College · John F. Kennedy School of Government · Raffles Institution · University of Cambridge				[sources]
Source link	www.sgdi.gov.sg				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-21	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Singaporean politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Parliament	2006-11-02	-
Minister for Trade and Industry	2004-08-12

Data sources

Singapore Government Directory35,343

Senior officials of ministries, statutory boards and other public bodies in Singapore.

Singapore · SGD

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories350,779

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons282,564

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata337,028

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions545,656

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-1141e0ee-9cb6-4ab6-ba8e-13784856b03a · sg-gov-39de4c8ffbdb4544da5809464703f9f66f5cebe7

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