Chew Men Leong
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Chew Men Leong | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Chew in 2009 | |
| Born | 1967 (age 58–59) |
| Allegiance |  Singapore |
| Branch |  Republic of Singapore Navy |
| Service years | 1985–2011 |
| Rank | Rear-Admiral |
| Commands | Chief of Navy Chief of Staff – Naval Staff Head, Naval Operations Department Fleet Commander Head, Joint Plans and Transformation Department Commander, 1st Flotilla Commanding Officer, 188 Squadron Commanding Officer, RSS Vigour |
| Awards | See awards |
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| Simplified Chinese | 赵文良 | ||||||
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Chew Men Leong is a Singaporean former two-star rear-admiral who served as Chief of Navy between 2007 and 2011.
Chew received his pre-university education in Raffles Junior College and graduated in 1985.[1] He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1987. He graduated with a bachelor's degree (first class honours) in electrical and electronic engineering from Imperial College London in 1990. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Postgraduate Scholarship in 2001 and went on to obtain a Master of Science in management from Stanford University in 2002.[2][3][4]
Military career
Chew enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in 1985. Throughout his military career, he held various appointments, including: Executive Officer, RSS Sea Lion (1992–1994); Commanding Officer, RSS Vigour (1998–2000); Commanding Officer, 188 Squadron (2000); Commander, 1st Flotilla (2001); Head, Joint Plans and Transformation Department (2002–2004); Fleet Commander (2004–2005); Head, Naval Operations Department (2006); Chief of Staff, Naval Staff (2006–2007).[3][5]
Chew succeeded Ronnie Tay as the Chief of Navy on 31 August 2007.[5] He left the SAF on 29 March 2011 and relinquished his appointment to Ng Chee Peng.[6]
