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Desmond Tan

Politician

Desmond Tan 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	Desmond Tan · 陈国明				[sources]
Alias	Desmond Tan Kok Ming				[sources]
Birth date	1970				[sources]
Place of birth	Singapore				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Singapore				[sources]
Citizenship	Singapore				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	Desmond_tankm@pmo.gov.sg				[sources]
Political association	People's Action Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q97731258				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Singapore · Member of the Parliament of Singapore (2025-) · Senior Minister of State				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Engineering · King's College London · Master of Business Administration · Nanyang Technological University · Queenstown Secondary School · 2 more...				[sources]
Source link	www.sgdi.gov.sg				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Singaporean politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Parliament of Singapore	-	-

Data sources

Singapore Government Directory34,969

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

Singapore · SGD

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,165

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,126

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,232

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: sg-gov-1a320ff93b2527f401ac5670f3b27dee4c3f067e · sg-gov-86ddbcc666cc33cfa13352e379008e762ff093b5

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