Ang Yong Guan
{{Short description|Singaporean politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2025}}
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| name = Ang Yong Guan
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| caption = Member of Parliament
| office1 = 2nd Assistant Secretary-General of the Progress Singapore Party
| term_start1 = 4 April 2023
| term_end1 = 20 March 2025
| 2blankname1 = Secretary-General
| 2namedata1 = Leong Mun Wai
| predecessor1 = Francis Yuen
| successor1 =
| 1blankname1 = Chairman
| 1namedata1 = Tan Cheng Bock
| office2 = Head of Training and Development of the Progress Singapore Party
| term_start2 = 10 July 2020
| term_end2 = 4 April 2023
| 2blankname2 = Secretary-General
| 2namedata2 = Francis Yuen
| 1blankname2 = Chairman
| 1namedata2 = Tan Cheng Bock
| predecessor2 = Position established
| successor2 = Position abolished
| office3 = Chairman of the Singaporeans First
| 1blankname3 = Secretary-General
| 1namedata3 = Tan Jee Say
| term_start3 = 2014
| term_end3 = 2019
| predecessor3 = Position established
| successor3 = Position abolished
| president =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1955|01|24}}
| birth_place = Colony of Singapore
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| party = Progress Singapore Party
| otherparty = Singaporeans First
(2014–2019)
Singapore Democratic Party
(2010–2011)
| spouse =
| children = 4
| nationality = Singaporean
| alma_mater = National University of Singapore
University of Edinburgh
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|psychiatrist}}
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| allegiance =
| branch = Singapore Armed Forces
| serviceyears = 1980–2003
| rank = Colonel
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| honorific_suffix = PBM
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Ang Yong Guan PBM ({{zh|c=洪永元|p=Hóng Yǒngyuán}}; born 24 January 1955) is a Singaporean politician, psychiatrist and former Singapore Armed Forces colonel. He was the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) Head of Training and Development between 2020 and 2023 and has been the PSP's Second Assistant Secretary-General between 2023 to 2025.{{cite web |title=【新加坡大选】 洪永元：胜在基层经验丰富 也了解居民需要 |url=https://www.8world.com/news/singapore/article/13ge-psp-smc-1180301 |website=www.8world.com |access-date=3 July 2020}}
Early life
Ang graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1979 and had his postgraduate training in psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh between 1984 and 1986.{{cite web |title=Dr Ang Yong Guan, formerly in SDP then SingFirst, joined PSP as he feels they are a "very strong" party |url=https://www.onlinecitizenasia.com/2020/06/24/dr-ang-yong-guan-formerly-in-sdp-then-singfirst-joined-psp-as-he-feels-they-are-a-very-strong-party/ |website=The Online Citizen |access-date=3 July 2020 |date=24 June 2020}}
Career
= Military career =
Ang had served in the Singapore Armed Forces for 23 years, and was Chief Psychiatrist of the Psychological Medicine Branch before he retired from the SAF in 2003. He attained the highest rank of Colonel.
= Political career =
In 2011 general election, Ang joined the Singapore Democratic Party. Along with team members, Tan Jee Say, Vincent Wijeysingha and Michelle Leea contested in a four-member Holland–Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and obtained 39.92% of valid votes.
In 2014, Ang was appointed as chairman of SingFirst. In the 2015 general election, Ang joined SingFirst along with team members, Tan Jee Say, Melvyn Chiu, Chirag Praful Desail and Mohamad Fahmi Bin Ahmad Rais contested in a five-member Tanjong Pagar GRC and obtained with 22.29% of valid votes. {{cite web |title=丹戎巴葛选民24年来首次投票 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zpolitics/special/photo/story20150911-525475 |website=联合早报网 |access-date=3 July 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=GE2020: I have to join a party that is going to propel me into Parliament, says PSP candidate Ang Yong Guan |url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/i-have-join-party-going-propel-me-parliament-ang-yong-guan-why-he-psp-candidate |website=AsiaOne |access-date=3 July 2020 |language=en |date=23 June 2020}}
On 25 June 2020, Tan dissolved SingFirst. Ang joined as a candidate of the PSP in the 2020 Singaporean general election and stood in the newly created Marymount Single Member Constituency (SMC) but was defeated with 44.96% of valid votes.
After the 2020 general election, Ang was appointed as Head of Training and Development of the PSP between 2020 and 2023. On 4 April 2023, Ang was appointed as second Assistant Secretary-General of the PSP.
= Medical career =
Ang ran a private clinic at the Paragon Shopping Mall.{{cite web |date=9 September 2015 |title=GE2015: On the campaign trail with SingFirst's Ang Yong Guan |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2015-on-the-campaign-trail-with-singfirsts-ang-yong-guan |access-date=3 July 2020 |website=The Straits Times |language=en}} Ang was handed down a three-year suspension by the Supreme Court for professional misconduct in overprescribed medication on 5 February 2025,{{cite news |date=5 February 2025 |title=Psychiatrist Ang Yong Guan suspended for overprescribing medication to patient who later died |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/psychiatrist-ang-yong-guan-suspended-for-3-years-for-overprescribing-medication-to-patient-who-later/ |access-date=14 March 2025 |website=Straits Times |language=en}} and closed his clinic on 17 February 2025.{{cite news |date=20 February 2025 |title=Ang Yong Guan closes clinic at Paragon 'with a heavy heart' |url=https://theindependent.sg/ang-yong-guan-clinic-closure-heavy-heart/ |access-date=14 March 2025 |website=The Independent Singapore |language=en}}
Personal life
Ang is married to an educator and together they have four children.
Awards
In 1995, Ang was awarded the Public Service Medal for his grassroots contributions as a community leader at Kembangan Constituency, helping then-Member of Parliament George Yeo for more than 15 years. He was also awarded the Public Administration Medal in 1996 for his military services.
References
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External links
- {{facebook|angyongguan23}}
- {{facebook|aygpsychiatry}}
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Category:Singaporean politicians of Chinese descent
Category:Singaporean psychiatrists
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