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The Honourable Sim Ann
沈颖
Sim in 2021
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 July 2026
Prime Minister	Lawrence Wong
Minister	Vivian Balakrishnan
Preceded by	Maliki Osman (2025)
Second Minister for Home Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 July 2026 Serving with Edwin Tong
Prime Minister	Lawrence Wong
Minister	K. Shanmugam
Preceded by	Josephine Teo
Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 June 2019 Serving with Zaqy Mohamad (2019–2020)
Secretary-General	Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Party Whip	Janil Puthucheary
Preceded by	Sam Tan
Member of Parliament for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2011
Preceded by	PAP held
Majority	2011: 16,367 (20.20%) 2015: 31,292 (33.2%) 2020: 35,118 (32.72%) 2025: 64,174 (58.50%)
Personal details
Born	(1975-03-12) 12 March 1975 Singapore
Party	People's Action Party
Spouse	Mok Ying Jang
Children	3
Education	Exeter College, Oxford (MA) Stanford University (MA) Nanyang Technological University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	沈穎
Simplified Chinese	沈颖
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shěn Yǐng Wade–Giles Shên³ Ying³ Southern Min Hokkien POJ Sím Éng

Sim Ann (born 12 March 1975) is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs since 2025 and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Holland–Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2011.

A recipient of the President's Scholarship, Sim started her career in the Civil Service and had worked in the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

She made her political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a four-member PAP team contesting in Holland–Bukit Timah GRC, and won 60.1% of the vote.

Education

Sim was educated at Raffles Girls' School and Hwa Chong Junior College. In 1994, Sim received the President's Scholar and studied at Exeter College, Oxford, at the University of Oxford and graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts (later promoted to Master of Arts by seniority) degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE).

She subsequently went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in political science from Stanford University in 1998. She also completed a postgraduate diploma in translation and interpretation at the Nanyang Technological University in 2005.

Career

Civil Service career

Sim started her career in the Civil Service.

From 1998 to 2000, she was Assistant Director for Finance Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Health (MOH). From 2000 to 2003, she was Assistant Director for Implementation Planning at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). From 2003 to 2006, she was Deputy Director for Trade at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).

From 2007 to 2009, Sim was seconded to the International Enterprise Singapore as its Regional Director based in Shanghai, where she headed a team assisting Singapore-based companies with investment and sales in East China.

From 2009 to 2011, she was Director of the National Population Secretariat and led efforts to restructure the secretariat into the National Population and Talent Division under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

Political career

Sim entered politics when she joined a four-member People's Action Party team to contest in Holland–Bukit Timah GRC during the 2011 general election. The PAP team won with 60.08% of the vote against the Singapore Democratic Party so Sim became a Member of Parliament representing the Bukit Timah ward of Holland–Bukit Timah GRC. On 21 May 2011, she was appointed Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Law and Ministry of Education. On 1 November 2012, she relinquished her appointment at the Ministry of Law and became Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Communications and Information while continuing to hold her appointment at the Ministry of Education. On 1 September 2013, she was promoted to Minister of State and continued serving at the Ministries of Education, and Communications and Information.

During the 2015 general election, Sim contested as part of a four-member PAP team in Holland–Bukit Timah GRC again and they won with 66.6% of the vote against the Singapore Democratic Party. Following the election, on 1 October 2015, Sim was promoted to Senior Minister of State and appointed to the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. She was also appointed Deputy Government Whip. On 22 August 2016, she relinquished her appointment at the Ministry of Finance and switched to the Ministry of Trade and Industry while continuing to serve at the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. On 1 May 2018, she switched from the Ministry of Trade and Industry to the Ministry of Communications and Information, while continuing to serve at the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.

At the 2020 general election, Sim joined the four-member PAP team contesting in Holland–Bukit Timah GRC again and they won with 66.36% of the vote against the Singapore Democratic Party. On 27 July 2020, Sim was appointed Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Communications and Information. On 15 May 2021, she relinquished her appointment at the Ministry of Communications and Information and became Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs while concurrently serving as Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of National Development.

On 22 July 2026, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced that Sim would be promoted to full minister and appointed Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Second Minister for Home Affairs. The appointments took effect on 27 July 2026.

Personal life

Sim is married to Mok Ying Jang, a doctor who is the Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the National Healthcare Group Polyclinics. Mok was also a member of the first Singaporean team to climb Mount Everest in 1998. Sim and Mok have two sons and one daughter.

External links

• Sim Ann on Facebook
• Sim Ann on Parliament of Singapore
• Sim Ann, PAP media release, 14 April 2011