Eddie Teo

Eddie Teo Chan Seng ( 27 May 1947) is a Singaporean civil servant who has been serving as Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers since 2019.

Education A President's Scholar, Teo graduated from the University of Oxford in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE).

He subsequently went to complete a Master of Science degree in international relations at the London School of Economics in 1974.

Career Teo joined the Security and Intelligence Division (SID) in 1970, before becoming Director in 1979, a post he served until 1994. From 1982 to 1986, he held the position of Director of the Internal Security Department concurrently.

He was Permanent Secretary for Defence from 1994 to 2000 and Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office from 1998 to 2005. Teo retired in 2005, after 35 years of public service. He stepped down on 1 June 2026, and he was succeeded by Tan Chong Meng.

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