Irene Ng

Quick Facts

Full Name	Irene Ng
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 24, 1963(1963-12-24)
Age	61
Birthplace	Singapore
Country	Malaysia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Irene Ng Biography

Irene Ng is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 24, 1963 in Singapore, Malaysia. Irene Ng Phek Hoong (Chinese: 伍碧虹 ; pinyin: Wǔ Bì Hóng ; born 24 December 1963) is a former Malaysian-born Singaporean politician who represented Tampines GRC from 2001 to 2015. She is also a Writer-in-Residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).

Before joining politics in 2001, Ng was the Senior Political Correspondent of The Straits Times. Irene has won several journalism and writing awards. After joining politics, she worked as Director of Programmes and Senior Research Fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, and later, as a Director at National Trades Union Congress.

Ng was married in her mid-twenties but got an annulment, and subsequently married Graham Berry, the chief executive of the Scottish Arts Council in

2007. Ng is a Christian.

Ng is currently writing the second volume of the biography on Mr S. Rajaratnam, Singapore’s first Foreign Minister. The first volume, The Singapore Lion: A Biography of S. Rajaratnam, was published in early 2010. It recently won the Excellence Award for the ‘Best Book/Best Writer’ on Asian socio-economic or media scene’ at the prestigious Asian Publishing Awards

2010. On 11 August 2011, she produced another book The Short Stories and Radio Plays of S. Rajaratnam, which she edited with an introduction. It was launched by President SR Nathan.

In the 2001 and 2006 general elections, Ng’s party, the People’s Action Party, were up against the Singapore Democratic Alliance over Tampines GRC. On both occasions, her team won with 73.34% and 68.51% of the votes respectively. At the 2011 general election, she was re-elected with 57.22% of the votes against the National Solidarity Party.

Irene Ng Net Worth

Irene Ng is one of the richest Politician from Malaysia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Irene Ng 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

From 1969–1979, Ng studied at Primary Convent Primary and Convent Secondary in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. She attended Nanyang Junior College, Singapore for two years and then did her Bachelor of Arts & Social Science at the National University of Singapore, obtaining her degree in 1986.

She obtained her M.Sc in International Relations at the London School of Economics & Political Science in 1998.

She graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts and Social Science, studying sociology, English language and philosophy. She has a Master of Science in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2006, Irene was awarded an Honorary Professorial Fellowship at the Edinburgh University. She served as a faculty member of the Salzburg Global Seminar 2012. Later that year, she was a Visiting Senior Fellow at East West Center, Hawaii.

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Who is Irene Ng Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Irene Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Malaysia. Irene Ng celebrates birthday on December 24 of every year.