Background
Yeo, George Yong-Boon was born on September 13, 1954 in Singapore. Son of Eng-Song and Lee Hoon (Kan) Yeo.
Yeo, George Yong-Boon was born on September 13, 1954 in Singapore. Son of Eng-Song and Lee Hoon (Kan) Yeo.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, 1976. Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, 1983.
Military offcr. Singapore Armed Forces, 1976—1988, chief-of-staff Air Staff, 1985—1986, director joint operations and planning, 1986-1988, brigadier-general, 1988. Minister of state for finance and foreign affairs Singapore, 1988-1990, minister for information and arts, 2d minister foreign affairs, 1991-1993, minister information and arts, minister health, 1994-1997, minister information and arts, 2d minister trade and industry, 1997-1999, minister for trade and industry, 1999—2004, minister foreign affairs, since 2004.
Chairman Young People's Action Party, 1991-2000.
Married Jennifer Lai-Peng Leong, June 17, 1984. Children: Edwina Shi-En, Edward Shi-Ming, William Shi-Zhi, Frederick Shi-Hong.