Eric Chua


Eric Chua Swee Leong is a Singaporean politician, civil servant and former military officer who has served as Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry for Culture, Community and Youth and the Ministry for Social and Family Development and Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC for Queenstown since July 2020.

Career

Prior to entering politics, Chua was a Singapore Civil Defence Force officer. He had also been a volunteer for 15 years. He used to serve as the Chairman of the People's Association Youth Movement's Central Youth Council, as well as the Director of the SGSecure Programme Office.
In 2020 election, Chua was nominated a candidate of the ruling People's Action Party for Tanjong Pagar GRC, replacing the incumbent Chia Shi-Lu who did not seek re-election. His team faced a challenge of the Progress Singapore Party, but in the end, the PAP team defeated the PSP team by receiving 63.13%.