Carrie Tan


Carrie Tan Huimin is a Singaporean politician and member of the People's Action Party. She was elected into the 14th Parliament of Singapore following the 2020 Singaporean general election and is serving as Member of Parliament for Nee Soon GRC.
Prior to joining politics, Tan founded Daughters Of Tomorrow, an organization which enables livelihoods and financial self-sufficiency for underprivileged women in Singapore.
She raises awareness about urban poverty in Singapore, and forges collaboration among private, public and non-profit sectors to enable social and economic mobility for vulnerable communities as part of her work with DOT.
Tan is a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative fellow and her work in women's empowerment and advocacy for collaboration was mentioned by President Obama at a press conference during Prime Minister Lee's visit to the White House in August 2016.

Early life and education

Tan was born to a taxi driver-turned-contractor father and a housewife and has a sister. She had graduated from Raffles Girls’ School and later Raffles Junior College. At National University of Singapore, she majored in History. She has a Master's in Public Administration from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Career

Tan was a headhunter until 2012.After a volunteering trip to South India in 2007, she founded a social enterprise, Daughters of Tomorrow, which provided skills training for underprivileged women in India.
In 2014, Tan was featured in a CNA documentary named “A Singaporean Abroad” about her humanitarian work in India, training women from villages who were rescued from sex-trafficking in cottage industry skills
In Nov 2015, Tan was selected to introduce President Obama at a Town Hall meeting in Kuala Lumpur as part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative. In May 2016, she was awarded Honoree for the Children, World Peace and Human Rights category in the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award by Junior Chambers International in Singapore

Daughters Of Tomorrow

Tan founded Daughters Of Tomorrow in 2012.. DOT matches low income women to job opportunities, advocates for their inclusion in government policies and provides job training programs for low income women.
DOT was awarded the Most Investment-worthy Social Enterprise by the Asian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy under National University of Singapore in 2015

Politics

Tan was fielded in 2020 Singaporean general election to contest in Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency, replacing the outgoing Member of Parliament Lee Bee Wah, on People's Action Party's ticket against Progress Singapore Party. Her running mates were K. Shanmugam, Louis Ng, Faishal Ibrahim, and Derrick Goh. On 11 July 2020, Tan and team were declared to be elected to represent Nee Soon GRC in the 14th Parliament of Singapore, garnering 61.9% of the valid votes.