Chua Sian Chin


Chua Sian Chin was a government Minister in Singapore. He held the Ministerial portfolios of Health, Education and Home Affairs. He was 34 years of age when appointed as Health Minister in 1968, by then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, which made him the youngest minister in Singapore.
Chua was the Member of Parliament for MacPherson from the constituency's creation in 1968 until he retired in 1991 from Parliament.
In February 2014, Chua died at the age of 81 after suffering from heart failure.