# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desmond-choo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:14:47.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/desmond-choo"
name: "Desmond Choo"
slug: "desmond-choo"
description: "Desmond Choo Pey Ching is a Singaporean politician and former police officer who has been serving as Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) since 2024 and Minister of State for Defence since 2025. He was formerly the Mayor of North East District from 2017 to 2025. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tampines Changkat Single Member Constituency (SMC) since 2025. He had previously represented the defunct Tampines Changkat division of Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 2015 and 2025."
tagline: "Singapore politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Desmond_Choo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1977"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.23
  momentum:             7.668161434977578
  historical:           4.845684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%88"
    title: "ديزموند تشوو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%88"
    title: "ديزموند تشوو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Choo"
    title: "Desmond Choo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Choo"
    title: "Desmond Choo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B1%E5%80%8D%E5%BA%86"
    title: "朱倍庆"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5264684"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump