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SINGAPORE: Marine Parade MP Seah Kian Peng will be nominated as Singapore's new Speaker of Parliament at the next sitting in August, announced the Prime Minister's Office on Friday (Jul 21).
The Speaker's post became vacant after Tan Chuan-Jin resigned from parliament and the People's Action Party (PAP) this week over an affair with fellow MP Cheng Li Hui.
Mr Tan, 54, also made headlines earlier this month for his use of "unparliamentary language" in the House. He was heard muttering an expletive following a speech by Workers' Party MP Jamus Lim.
Mr Seah, 61, spent a large part of his career with the NTUC group of companies, helming different portfolios.
He is currently the Group CEO of NTUC Enterprise, which includes social enterprises like Singapore's largest supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice, NTUC LearningHub and Kopitiam.
He stepped down last year as Group CEO of NTUC FairPrice, a role he held concurrently with his appointment as CEO of NTUC Enterprise.
Mr Seah has been a Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC since 2006 when he was first elected. He was Deputy Speaker from October 2011 to January 2016.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sin...ker-parliament-tan-chuan-jin-resigned-3644371