Goh Pei Ming
{{Family name hatnote|Goh|lang=Chinese}}{{Short description|Singaporean politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}{{Use Singaporean English|date = April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Goh Pei Ming
| native_name = {{nobold|吴培铭}}
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Goh Pei Ming leisure.jpg
| caption = Goh in 2025
| constituency_MP1 = Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC
(Marine Parade)
| term_start1 = 23 April 2025
| term_end1 =
| parliament1 = Singapore
| predecessor1 = Tan See Leng
{{small|(Marine Parade GRC – Marine Parade)}}
| successor1 =
| majority1 = Walkover
| birth_date = {{Birth year from age at date|43|2025|April|1|noage=yes}}
| birth_place = Singapore
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| party = People's Action Party
| spouse =
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| alma_mater = Cornell University (BEng)
Stanford University (MS)
King's College London (MA)
| allegiance = {{flag|Singapore}}
| branch = {{army|Singapore}}
| serviceyears = 2001–2025{{Cite news |date=1 April 2025 |title=SAF Chief of Staff Goh Pei Ming steps down ahead of GE2025 |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/saf-chief-of-staff-goh-pei-ming-steps-down-ahead-of-ge2025 |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}{{Cite news |date=18 April 2025 |title=Former BG and PAP new face Goh Pei Ming hopes to bring community and military experiences together |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/former-bg-and-pap-new-face-goh-pei-ming-hopes-to-bring-community-and-military-experiences-together |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}
| rank = Brigadier-General
| commands = Chief of Staff - Joint Staff
Director of Joint Operations
Head, Joint Plans and Transformation Department
Commander, 3rd Division
}}
Goh Pei Ming ({{Lang-zh|c=吴培铭|p=Wú Péimíng}}; born {{Birth year from age at date|43|2025|April|1|noage=yes}}){{Cite web |title=武装部队参谋长吴培铭离职 或参加来届大选 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/singapore/story20250401-6102135 |access-date=23 April 2025 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |language=zh-Hans}} is a Singaporean politician and former brigadier-general and chief of staff of Singapore Armed Forces. A member of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), he is a Member of Parliament-elect representing Marine Parade–Braddell Heights Group Representation Constituency (GRC) for the 15th Parliament of Singapore after a walkover was declared for the constituency in the 2025 Singaporean general election. Goh will represent the division of Marine Parade in his constituency.
Education
Goh Pei Ming received his early education at Fengshan Primary School, a stone’s throw away from where he grew up.{{Cn|date=April 2025}} He subsequently attended Dunman High School and Victoria Junior College where he was awarded the Wong Hung Khim trophy, VJC's highest award. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Overseas Scholarship and obtained a bachelor’s degree (summa cum laude) in Civil Engineering from Cornell University, followed by a master's degree in Defence Studies from King's College London and a master's degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
Career
= Military =
Upon completion of his studies, he returned to Singapore Armed Forces to serve his bond, and remained with the organisation thereafter. In 2010, shortly after his wedding, Goh was deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan for seven months, attached to a US division overseeing deployments, intelligence updates and risk assessments in the area.
Throughout his military career, Goh held several key appointments such as the Director of Joint Operations (DJO), Commander 3rd Singapore Division and the Head of Joint Plans and Transformation Department (JPTD).
He chaired the National Day Parade (NDP) organising committee in 2022, the first full scale NDP after the COVID-19 safe distancing measures were first implemented in 2020. Before he left the army on 31 March 2025, he was the Chief of Staff - Joint Staff, assisting the Chief of Defence Force to oversee and implement a plethora of organisation-wide plans and initiatives.
= Politics =
While he was in still the army, he was actively involved in grassroots work for 17 years. Goh last served as the chairman of the Kampong Chai Chee Community Club Management Committee and concurrently as the Vice-Chairman of the Kampong Chai Chee Citizens’ Consultative Committee. After he left the Singapore Armed Forces, he joined the People's Action Party on 1 April 2025. He was eventually fielded with Tin Pei Ling, Diana Pang, Faishal Ibrahim, and Seah Kian Peng to contest at Marine Parade–Braddell Heights Group Representation Constituency in the 2025 Singaporean general election. As there was no opposition to the team's candidacy, a walkover was declared on Nomination Day on 23 April 2025.{{Cite news |date=23 April 2025 |title=GE2025: PAP retains Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC with no contest; first walkover since 2011 |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/ge2025-pap-retains-marine-parade-braddell-heights-grc-as-wp-pulls-out-first-walkover-since-2011 |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}} As such, Goh would be serving as a Member of Parliament in the 15th Parliament of Singapore after the General Election on 3 May 2025.
Personal life
References
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{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for
Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC
(Marine Parade)
| years = 2025–present}}
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Category:Members of the Parliament of Singapore
Category:People's Action Party politicians
Category:Singaporean politicians of Chinese descent
Category:Dunman High School alumni
Category:Victoria Junior College alumni
Category:Cornell University alumni
Category:Stanford University alumni