Goh Chok Tong's father is from Huyang Town, Yongchun County, Fujian Province. His height is 1.90 meters, which is said to be related to his love of swimming when he was a child. 1955 studied at Raffles College, a famous local English school, and was the president of the student union of Raffles College. 196 1 entered the university of Singapore, 1964 obtained the first-class honorary degree in economics. In the same year, he began to work in government departments. 65438-0966 went to Williams College in the United States for further study and obtained a master's degree in development economics. After returning to China, he worked for Singapore Seafood Shipping Company, and served as managing director of the company from 65438 to 0973. 1976 was recommended by the people's action party to run for the marinbailie constituency and was elected. 1977 was elected to the cabinet and became a senior minister of the Ministry of Finance. 1979 became a member of the executive Committee of the People's Action Party Central Committee, and later served as Minister of Trade and Industry, Minister of Health and Minister of National Defense. 1990 after lee Kuan yew decided to hand over the baton, all cabinet members voted for Goh Chok Tong to take over as prime minister, but lee Kuan yew still served as senior minister of the cabinet. 1992 12 took over as the secretary-general of the people's action party and led the party to win in the two general elections 1997 and 200 1.
At the end of 2003, Goh Chok Tong announced that he would resign in mid-2004 at the earliest and be replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Goh Chok Tong handed the big stick to Lee Hsien Loong on August 12, 2004, and he himself took office as Senior Minister of State. Since Lee Hsien Loong is the son of Lee Kuan Yew, this appointment has been questioned and worried.
Goh Chok Tong's wife Chen is a lawyer. They have twin children.