Ong Ye Kung (Chinese: 王乙康; pinyin: Wáng Yǐkāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông It-khong; born 15 November 1969)[1] is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Minister for Health since 2021.

In 1999, he completed a Master of Business Administration degree at the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland.

[5] In the 2011 general election, Ong contested in Aljunied GRC as part of a five-member People's Action Party (PAP) team.

[8] Following the 2011 general election, Ong continued to work at the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and became Deputy Secretary-General in June 2011.

[11] In the 2015 general election, Ong joined as part of the five-member PAP team contesting in Sembawang GRC,[12] which was considered 'safer' for him.

[13] The PAP team won with 72% of the vote and Ong was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Gambas ward of Sembawang GRC.

In 2017, Ong moved a Bill in Parliament to confer the Singapore University of Social Sciences autonomous status.

In the lead-up to the 2020 general election, Ong was widely seen as one of the three leading candidates (alongside Heng Swee Keat and Chan Chun Sing) to succeed Lee Hsien Loong as Prime Minister of Singapore.