Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee is a politician from Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. A member of the governing People's Action Party

People's Action Party

The People's Action Party is the leading political party in Singapore. It has been the city-state's ruling political party since 1959....

 (PAP), he was the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Law

Ministry of Law (Singapore)

The Ministry of Law is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for ensuring that Singapore's legal infrastructure is clear, efficacious and transparent...

 and the Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)

The Ministry of Home Affairs is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for public safety, civil defence and immigration. It is also known as the Home Team. It is headed by the Minister for Home Affairs....

, and a Member of Parliament

Parliament of Singapore

The Parliament of the Republic of Singapore and the President jointly make up the legislature of Singapore. Parliament is unicameral and is made up of Members of Parliament who are elected, as well as Non-constituency Members of Parliament and Nominated Members of Parliament who are appointed...

 representing the Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency

Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency

Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency is a defunct Single Member Constituency in the northern area in Singapore. The ward consists of a large section of Yishun New Town in the Khatib area and northern Yishun. The SMC was the largest in the nation with over 32,000 voters...

. He announced his retirement from politics on March 31, 2011, prior to the Singapore general election, 2011.

Ho was formerly an academic, and at one time the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law

National University of Singapore Faculty of Law

The National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law is the older of Singapore's two law schools. The Faculty was initially established as the Department of Law in the then University of Malaya in 1956, with the first batch of students matriculating in the following year...

 at the National University of Singapore

National University of Singapore

The National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....

. His academic research interests have included alternative methods of dispute settlement, consumer law and protection, the law of contract, and law and society. He retains the title of Associate Professor as he is on long-term secondment from the university.

Ho had his early education at Anglo-Chinese School

Anglo-Chinese School

The Anglo-Chinese School ; is a family of Methodist schools in Singapore, and Indonesia.The name is usually abbreviated as "ACS", with the junior college as "ACJC", and its students and alumni referred to as "ACSians" , or "ACS boys" .ACS was the first school...

 and National Junior College

National Junior College

National Junior College is the first junior college established by the Ministry Of Education, located in Bukit Timah, Singapore. It is considered as one of the top five junior colleges in Singapore. NJC offers a two-year course for pre-university students leading up to the GCE 'A' Levels...

, before going on to earn a Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Laws

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 (LLB) degree from the National University of Singapore, and a Master of Laws

Master of Laws

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 (LLM) from Harvard University

Harvard Law School

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. He is called to the Bar as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Previous positions

• Member of Parliament for the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency
  Sembawang Group Representation Constituency
  Sembawang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the northern area of Singapore. The GRC consists of Sembawang, Woodlands, Marsiling, Admiralty, Canberra and Chong Pang...
  
   (1991–2001).
• Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
  National University of Singapore
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  .

External links

• Profile at Parliament of Singapore website
• Ministry of Home Affairs profile of leaders.