Janil Puthucheary
Janil Puthucheary | |
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| ஜனில் புதுச்சேரி | |
Puthucheary in 2023 | |
| Party Whip of the People's Action Party | |
| Assumed office 6 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
| Deputy | Zaqy Mohamad Sim Ann |
| Preceded by | Chan Chun Sing |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Punggol GRC | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 11,956 (10.34%) |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC | |
| In office 7 May 2011 – 15 April 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 November 1972 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Queen's University, Belfast |
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Janil Arusha Puthucheary (Tamil: ஜனில் ஆருஷா புதுச்சேரி, romanized: Jaṉil Āruṣā Putuccēri; born 6 November 1972) is a Malaysian-born Singaporean politician and paediatrician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been serving as Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment and Senior Minister of State for Education since 2025. He has also been serving as Party Whip of the People's Action Party since 2019. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Punggol Coast division since 2015, as part of Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC until 2025 and as part of Punggol GRC since 2025.
Born in Malaysia, Puthucheary had worked as a paediatrician at hospitals in the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore before he became a Singapore citizen in 2008.
He made his political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a six-member PAP team contesting in Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC, and won 64.79% of the vote. Puthucheary was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Punggol West ward of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC.
He has since retained his parliamentary seat in the subsequent general elections, however, he switched to representing the Punggol Coast ward after the 2015 general election. Additionally, he has served as Minister of State and later Senior Minister of State at the Ministries of Communication and Information (2016–2017, 2020–present), Education (2016–2018), Transport (2018–2020), and Health (2020–present). He is chairman of the PAP youth wing.