Lee Yi-Jin

Education Lee was educated in Raffles Junior College. He received the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1999 to study at the University of Chicago, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He also completed a Master of Arts at Stanford University in 2003.

Lee attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, where he graduated with a Master of Military Art and Science (Strategy) in 2010 and was awarded the General Dwight D. Eisenhower Award, the Birrer-Brooks Award for Outstanding Master of Military Arts and Science thesis and the Brigadier General Benjamin H. Grierson Award for Excellence in Strategic Studies.

Military career Lee enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in 1999, serving in the Artillery. He later served as the Commanding Officer 21st Battalion, Singapore Artillery, Commander 3rd Singapore Infantry Brigade, and Commander of the 6th Singapore Division/ Headquarters Sense and Strike. As Commander 6th Division, Lee served as the Commander of the Health Surveillance Task Force, the SAF's support for the Ministry of Health (MOH) in contract-tracing.

Lee also held various staff appointments within the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the SAF, including Assistant Chief of the General Staff (Plans) in the Army, and Group Chief, Policy and Strategy/ MINDEF Transformation at MINDEF.

Lee later served as Director Military Intelligence (DMI)/ Chief of Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I), where he oversaw the establishment of the Digital and Intelligence Service.

Awards and decorations

Basic Parachutist Badge Basic Diving Badge Combat Skills Badge Thailand Airborne Badge Indonesia Airborne Badge