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Chan Heng Chee (born 19 April 1942), , is a Singaporean academic and diplomat. She was Singapore's Ambassador to the United States from July 1996 to July 2012. During her tenure, bilateral relations between Singapore and the U.S. improved tremendously. In May 2003, Singapore and U.S. signed the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA), the first FTA that the U.S. entered into with a Southeast Asian country. Both countries also enhanced their ties in areas of defence and security. == Academic career == Chan graduated with a first-class honours degree in political science from the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) in 1964, and went on to study for a M.A. degree from Cornell University in 1967. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Singapore in 1974. Her thesis has the title: ''The Dynamics of One-party Dominance: A Study of Five Singapore Constituencies''.〔http://linc.nus.edu.sg/search~S16?/aChan+Heng+Chee/achan+heng+chee/1%2C1%2C34%2CB/frameset&FF=achan+heng+chee&5%2C%2C34〕 Chan was previously the Executive Director of the Singapore International Foundation and served as Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. She was also the founding Director of the Institute of Policy Studies. Chan was a member of the International Advisory Board of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, a council member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, and a council member of the International Council of the Asia Society in New York. Chan has received a number of awards, including honorary Doctor of Letters degrees from the University of Newcastle in 1994 and the University of Buckingham in 1998. She is also a political science professor on secondment at the National University of Singapore. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chan Heng Chee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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