Poh Li San

Poh Li San (born 19 November 1975) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sembawang West Single Member Constituency since 2025, and previously the Sembawang West division of Sembawang Group Representation Constituency between 2020 and 2025.

A recipient of the Singapore Armed Forces Merit Scholarship (Women), After leaving the RSAF in 2010, she joined the Changi Airport Group and rose to the position of Senior Vice President.

Education Poh attended Dunman High School and Temasek Junior College before graduating from the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science with highest honours degree in engineering and a Bachelor of Arts with summa cum laude and highest distinction degree in economics. She was awarded the Bronze Tablet for graduating top 3% in her cohort.

Career Military career Poh was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Merit Scholarship (Women) in 1994 She flew the Super Puma helicopter in 125 Squadron, Sembawang Airbase. Poh was a Search and Rescue pilot and was part of the SAF Humanitarian and Relief mission to Aceh following the Boxing Day Tsunami.

In 2003, Poh assumed the role of Assistant Director of the Future Systems Technology Directorate under the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and led the development of the technologies and formulated long term force development strategies and new war-fighting concepts for the SAF. In 2005, Poh was made Flight Commander of 125 Squadron, Sembawang Airbase.

Political career Poh joined the governing People's Action Party (PAP) as an activist in 2018. She served as a grassroots leader in Sembawang GRC, where she helped Member of Parliament (MP) and Minister for Education Ong Ye Kung in his Meet-the-People Sessions every Monday in his Gambas Ward. In the 14th Parliament of Singapore, she served as Deputy Chairperson of the Sustainability and Environment Government Parliament Committee (GPC), and was a member of the Transport GPC.

Poh was appointed as Vice-Chairperson of Sembawang Town Council (SBTC) in 2020.

Prior to the 2025 Singaporean election, Poh's ward of Sembawang West was carved out of Sembawang GRC. As a result, Poh left the GRC team to contest the Sembawang West Single Member Constituency. She won against the Singapore Democratic Party Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan with 53.18% of the vote.