Perry Lim
| Perry Lim Cheng Yeow | |
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| Born | Singapore |
| Allegiance | Singapore |
| Service/branch | Singapore Armed Forces |
| Years of service | 1990–2006, 2008-present |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held |
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| Awards | see #Awards |
| Spouse(s) | Lynn Ng |
| Perry Lim Cheng Yeow | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 林清耀 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 林清耀 | ||||||
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Perry Lim Cheng Yeow is a Singaporean army general and the current Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces. He holds the rank of Lieutenant-General.
Education
Lim was educated in Raffles Institution[1] and was awarded the President's Scholarship and an overseas scholarship by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in 1991. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Starred First Class Honours) in mechanical engineering from the University of Cambridge. In 2008, he received the Lee Kuan Yew Postgraduate Scholarship and went on to study for a Master of Business Administration at INSEAD's Singapore campus.[2][3]
Military career
Lim enlisted in the SAF in December 1990 and was commissioned as a Guards officer in August 1991. He served as the Commanding Officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion Singapore Guards from 2003–2005, the Commander of the 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade in 2009, the Commander of the 3rd Division from 2011–2013, and the Chief of Staff (General Staff) from 2013–2014. Before he became the Chief of Staff (General Staff), he held the following appointments in the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF): Head, Joint Plans and Transformation; Branch Head, Defence Policy Office, Joint Operations Department; Deputy Assistant Chief of General Staff for Operations. He was also the chairman of the executive committee of Singapore's National Day Parade in 2013.[1]
Lim completed the Combined Arms Tactics Course conducted by the British Army in Warminster in 1998. He also attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth between 2001 and 2002. He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General on 1 July 2011.[1]
Lim succeeded Ravinder Singh as the Chief of Army on 21 March 2014.[1][2][3] He replaced Ng Chee Meng as the Chief of Defence Force (CDF) on 18 August 2015 and was succeeded by Melvyn Ong as the Chief of Army on 14 August 2015.[4][5]
Lim was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General on the 1st of July 2016 [6]
Non-military career
In addition to his military appointments, Lim was also a member of the Singapore Administrative Service. From 2006–2008, he briefly retired from active military service and served as the Director of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education, where he was in charge of policies, planning and funding for tertiary and technical education, and regulating private education.[1]
Personal life
Lim is married to Lynn Ng and they have three children.[1]
Awards
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "SAF Leadership". MINDEF. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- 1 2 "SAF gets new Chief of Army". AsiaOne. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- 1 2 Xue, Jianyue (21 February 2014). "New army chief named". Today. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ↑ "Chief of Defence Force Ng Chee Meng will retire after 29 years in SAF". Channel News Asia. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ↑ "Change in Chief of Defence Force and Chief of Army". MINDEF Official Releases. MINDEF. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ↑ http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/chief-of-defence-army-chief-and-air-force-chief-receive-promotions
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lieutenant-General Ng Chee Meng |
9th Chief of Defence Force 18 August 2015 – |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Major-General Ravinder Singh |
Chief of the Singapore Army 21 March 2014 – 14 August 2015 |
Succeeded by Brigadier-General Melvyn Ong |