Joan Pereira

Joan Pereira
祖安清心
Member of Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC
Assumed office
11 September 2015
Preceded byPAP held
Majority
  • 2015: 64,637 (55.42%)
  • 2020: 32,523 (26.20%)
  • 2025: 75,755 (62.04%)
Personal details
Born (1967-08-03) 3 August 1967
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
SpouseEric Lum
Children2
Alma materNational University of Singapore (BA)
Occupation
  • Politician

Joan Cheng Sim Pereira[a] (born 3 August 1967)[1][2] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Henderson–Dawson division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2015.

Education

Pereira was educated at the Convent of the Holy infant Jesus and Catholic Junior College before graduating from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[3]

Career

Pereira had served as the assistant general manager at Temasek Cares, the philanthropic arm of Singaporean state-owned multinational investment firm Temasek Holdings. She was previously the director of Family Life and Active Ageing at the People's Association.[4]

Political career

In 2015, the People's Action Party (PAP) announced that Pereira would contest in the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency during the 2015 general election. She now serves as the Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC. She was then appointed Deputy Chairperson of Social and Family Development Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) in the 14th Parliament of Singapore.[5] Pereira is part of the Government Parliamentary Committee under Culture, Community and Youth where she serves as deputy chairman since 2025.

References

  1. ^ "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
  2. ^ Chan, Chun Sing (4 August 2024). "We celebrated Qixi Festival (七夕) yesterday with Our Tanjong Pagar residents". Facebook. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  3. ^ "GE2015: Meet PAP's new faces for Tanjong Pagar GRC". Yahoo Newsroom. 19 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Ex-public servant Joan Pereira introduced as potential candidate for Tanjong Pagar". The Straits Times. 26 July 2015.
  5. ^ Lee, Pearl (15 January 2016). "MPs all set for opening of 13th Parliament". The Straits Times. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

Notes

  1. ^ Chinese: 祖安清心; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chó͘-an Chheng-sim