Party Whip of the People's Action Party
Position within the People's Action Party of Singapore
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The party whip of the People's Action Party is responsible for ensuring that the People's Action Party (PAP) Members of Parliament (MPs) attend and vote according to the party's line. The party whip also assists the Parliament in completing its business by listing the speaking MPs and the time required for each item of business.[1] The incumbent party whip is Janil Puthucheary, who was appointed on 6 June 2019.
AppointerCentral Executive Committee
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderLee Khoon Choy
Formation23 June 1959
| Party Whip of the People's Action Party | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Appointer | Central Executive Committee |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | Lee Khoon Choy |
| Formation | 23 June 1959 |
The party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) will appoint the party whip along with two deputy party whips.
List of party whips
| No. | Portrait | Name Constituency (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Parliament |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Lee Khoon Choy MP for Bukit Panjang (1924–2016) [2] |
23 June 1959 |
16 October 1963 |
2nd Legislative Assembly |
| 2 | |
Chan Chee Seng MP for Jalan Besar (1932–2022) [3][4] |
17 October 1963 |
15 April 1968 |
3rd Legislative Assembly |
| 1st | |||||
| 3 | |
Sia Kah Hui MP for Upper Serangoon (1923–2009) [5][6] |
1 April 1968 |
30 April 1981 |
2nd |
| 3rd | |||||
| 4th | |||||
| 5th | |||||
| 4 | |
Lee Yiok Seng MP for Bukit Panjang (born 1939) [7] |
1 May 1981 |
12 September 1988 | |
| 6th | |||||
| 5 | |
Lee Boon Yang MP for Jalan Besar GRC (born 1947) [8] |
13 September 1988 |
31 March 2007 |
7th |
| 8th | |||||
| 9th | |||||
| 10th | |||||
| 11th | |||||
| 6 | .jpg) |
Lim Swee Say MP for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC (until 2011) and East Coast GRC (from 2011) (born 1954) [9] |
1 April 2007 |
20 May 2011 | |
| 7 | .jpg) |
Gan Kim Yong MP for Chua Chu Kang GRC (born 1959) [10] |
21 May 2011 |
27 September 2015 |
12th |
| 8 |  |
Chan Chun Sing MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC (born 1969) [11] |
28 September 2015 |
5 June 2019 |
13th |
| 9 | Janil Puthucheary MP for Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC (until 2025) and Punggol GRC (from 2025) (born 1969) [11] |
6 June 2019 |
Incumbent | ||
| 14th | |||||
| 15th |
List of deputy party whips
| No. | Portrait | Name Constituency (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Parliament |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Lee Hsien Loong MP for Teck Ghee (born 1952) [12] |
2 January 1985 |
9 January 1987 |
6th |
| 2 | |
Eugene Yap MP for Mountbatten [13] |
10 January 1987 |
12 September 1988 |
6th |
| 3 | |
Ho Kah Leong MP for Jurong SMC (born 1937) [8] |
13 September 1988 |
24 January 1997 |
7th 8th |
| 3 | |
Ong Chit Chung MP for Bukit Batok SMC (1949–2008) [14] |
30 April 1994 |
24 March 2002 |
8th 9th |
| 4 | |
Goh Chee Wee MP for Boon Lay SMC (born 1947) [15] |
25 January 1997 |
24 March 2002 |
9th |
| 5 | |
Lim Swee Say MP for Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC (born 1954) [16] |
25 March 2002 |
31 March 2007 |
10th |
| 6 | |
Inderjit Singh MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC (born 1960) [17] |
25 March 2002 |
30 May 2011 |
10th 11th |
| 7 |  |
Amy Khor MP for Hong Kah GRC (born 1958) [17] |
1 April 2007 |
27 September 2015 |
11th 12th |
| 8 | .jpg) |
Teo Ho Pin MP for Bukit Panjang SMC (born 1960) [18] |
31 May 2011 |
27 September 2015 |
12th |
| 9 | .jpg) |
Sam Tan MP for Radin Mas SMC (born 1958) [19] |
28 September 2015 |
5 June 2019 |
13th |
| 10 | |
Zaqy Mohamad MP for Chua Chu Kang GRC (born 1974) [19] |
6 June 2019 |
19 August 2020 |
14th |
| 11 | .jpg) |
Sim Ann MP for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC (born 1975) [19] |
6 June 2019 |
Incumbent | 13th 14th 15th |