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Ong Ye Kung

Politician

Ong Ye Kung 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	Ong Ye Kung · Onq Ye Kunq · אונג יה קונג · اونج يى كونج · 王乙康				[sources]
Alias	王乙康				[sources]
Birth date	1969-11-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Singapore				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Singapore				[sources]
Country	Singapore				[sources]
Citizenship	Singapore				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Last name	Ong				[sources]
Political association	People's Action Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7093820				[sources]
Position	Co-ordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies (2025-) · Coordinating Minister for Social Policies · Member of the Parliament of Singapore · Minister for Education (2015-2018) · Minister for Education (2018-2020) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Science · International Institute for Management Development · London School of Economics and Political Science · Maris Stella High School · Master of Business Administration · 1 more...				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-01-18	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Singaporean politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Education	2018-05-01	2020-07-26

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Xie Yaoquan Politician	cousin · maternal cousin · relative	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,576

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US CIA World Leaders10,998

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,945

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,660

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata334,490

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions525,938

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-8dd38623-8cc5-42cd-8220-1ad33529d717 · sg-gov-c7056681ecca69839c690d4b42d2d31dd310f4f5 · sg-gov-93ea13afd4908bc2cbd744abaccb149b9b529069 · sg-gov-c6a84a19b192834451d8d4c3b7e1f57ce2f5c504 · us-cia-singapore-ong-ye-kung-coordinating-minister-for-social-policies · us-cia-singapore-ong-ye-kung-minister-for-health

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