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Dixie Tan

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Preceded by
  
Chiang Hai Ding

Nationality
  
Singaporean

Profession
  
Cardiologist

Died
  
April 23, 2014, Singapore

Succeeded by
  
Lim Boon Heng

Spouse(s)
  
Dr. Tan Ngoh Chuan

Name
  
Dixie Tan

Political party
  
People's Action Party

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Children
  
4 (including one who predeceased his parents)

Similar People
  
Lee Kuan Yew, Toh Chin Chye, Lim Chin Siong

Dixie Tan-Lee Mo Chun (Chinese: 李慕真, 6 November 1935 – April 23, 2014) was a Singaporean cardiologist and politician, who served as the MP for the Ulu Pandan constituency from 1984 to 1991. She was a member of the People's Action Party (PAP).

In 1984, she became a member of the Parliament of Singapore after she was nominated unopposed on Nomination Day, shortly before the 1984 general election. Tan became one of three new female members to enter Parliament in 1984, together with Aline Wong and Yu-Foo Yee Shoon. The trio became the first women to serve in Parliament in fourteen years. She represented Ulu Pandan in parliament until her retirement in 1991. She then worked as a family and marital therapist.

Dr. Dixie Tan died at Singapore General Hospital on 23 April 2014, aged 78, following a two-month illness with brain cancer. She was survived by her husband, cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Tan Ngoh Chuan, and their three children. A fourth child died in 2013. Her funeral was held at the Paya Lebar Methodist Church.

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