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In response to a remark by Tan Cheng Bock, Vivian Balakrishnan said that he should be seen as a "4th Generation" PAP leader too.
This is, of course, a major departure from the way we have often understood the shorthand.
Remember, by the term PAP 4G leader, we usually think of the likes of Chan Chun Sing, Tan Chuan-jin, Heng Swee Keat, Ong Ye Kung, etc..
Most of these people first made it to Parliament in 2011. Ong& #39;s arrival was delayed by four years after his electoral defeat in Aljunied.
But let& #39;s go back to Vivian, who entered Parliament in 2001 and, at the time, was touted among a group of seven men to watch.
What& #39;s happened to that group, dubbed the "Magnificent Seven" or "Super Seven" in some quarters? Let& #39;s walk through the list...
We start with Vivian himself, aged 40 when he entered the fray. Trained ophthalmologist, previous experience as SGH chief executive.
After entering Parliament, he was made Minister of State at MND in 2002 and chairman of the Remaking Singapore Committee. A good start.
Two years later, he became Acting Minister at MCYS, before receiving the full upgrade in 2005. He held this post until 2011.
During this time he was best known as the G& #39;s face for the world& #39;s first Youth Olympic Games - for better or for worse.
He then moved to the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources for four years, before heading the Foreign Ministry since 2015.
While Vivian has largely held his ground within the Cabinet, he has never broken into the conventional & #39;hard& #39; ministries.
His position within the PAP Central Executive Committee, which works on two-year terms, hasn& #39;t always been a given either.
From the last five terms, Vivian was directly voted in only once (2018), and was co-opted into the CEC in 2010, 2012 and 2016.
Next up, Ng Eng Hen. Aged 42 when he first entered Parliament, he is a trained oncologist who once ran a private practice.
Ng was made a Minister of State with two portfolios in 2002. Both were meaty ones: Ministry of Education and Ministry of Manpower.
It took him just two years to become a full minister, taking charge at MOM and becoming Second Minister for Education.
His experience at MOM, MOE and the Ministry of Defence meant he was involved in most of the & #39;hard& #39; ministries.
He also had a four-year stint as Leader of the House, further reflecting the overall weight of his influence.
Having missed out on time in the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Finance, Ng was perhaps unfortunate not to become DPM.
As it stands, though, he remains Minister for Defence, and if he& #39;s voted in again, his next Cabinet appointment should be interesting.
Now we go to a man who did become DPM - Tharman Shanmugaratnam, possibly the most well-known of the seven men featured here.
Aged 44 when he first entered Parliament, Tharman was already a publicly-known figure due to an Official Secrets Act case.
Details of that case will not be mentioned here, suffice to say that the incident didn& #39;t make him appear unelectable.
He was appointed Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Education in 2002.
In 2003, he became Minister for Education, a position he held until 2008. He also helmed the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Manpower.
He then rose to become Deputy Prime Minister from 2011 to 2019, before moving on to become Senior Minister.
To say that Tharman is the consummate technocrat could be an understatement. He is also immensely articulate and very popular.
Of that group of seven, his star has shone the brightest. That is surely beyond question.
In comparison, Raymond Lim& #39;s time in politics has been decidedly unspectacular.
Aged 42 when he first entered Parliament, Lim was from the financial industry and had a strong reputation as an economist.
He was also active in Singapore& #39;s then-nascent civil society, being the founding President of discussion group The Roundtable.
In a sense, his induction into politics raised eyebrows, for at the time it suggested the PAP was willing to bring critics into the game.
But the path ahead would not be smooth. He was made Acting Second Minister of Finance in 2004.
Only one year later, though, he was moved to Prime Minister& #39;s Office, before helming the Ministry of Transport in 2006.
That was the portfolio Lim would be remembered for, making his concurrent time in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs an afterthought.
Worn down by the job, Lim relinquished his portfolio in 2011 and became a backbencher until his exit in 2015.
Since then, he has become Executive Chairman at APS Asset Management, while holding an adjunct position at LKYSPP.
Moving on, let& #39;s look at Cedric Foo. Aged 41 when he first entered Parliament, Foo held prominent roles in the private sector.
He held significant executive positions, first at Neptune Orient Lines, and later at Singapore Airlines.
Indeed, he was a senior vice-president at SIA when he entered Parliament, only leaving that post in 2002.
That was when he was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence, a role he held until 2005.
He was additionally made Minister of State in the Ministry of National Development in 2004, a position he too held until 2005.
But he decided that life in the Cabinet was not for him, and he rejoined NOL as group deputy president and later CFO.
He would serve three more terms in Parliament as a backbencher, before bowing out ahead of the current election.
Joining him on the way out - albeit after a much more colourful political career - is Khaw Boon Wan.
Aged 48 when he first entered Parliament, Khaw was among the oldest of the PAP& #39;s new faces that year.
He had substantial management experience in the healthcare sector, and was Permanent Secretary at MTI when he was recruited.
One could thus argue that his path to political office was the most traditional. In any case, he cut his teeth at a familiar place.
Appointed Acting Minister for Health in 2003, he got his full upgrade a year later, holding the role until 2011.
Thereafter he helmed the Ministry of National Development from 2011 to 2015, and then the Ministry of Transport until this year.
Because of the work done throughout his tour of duty, Khaw& #39;s public image as the Cabinet& #39;s chief repairman was rather mixed.
Certainly he attracted his own share of controversies over the course of his political career, but he definitely got things done.
The seventh and final member of this special group is a person who, sadly, is no longer among us.
Balaji Sadasivan, aged 46 when he first entered Parliament, was a top neurosurgeon who also found time to earn a law degree.
Quickly taking on various Minister of State portfolios, he served at no fewer than five ministries in a nine-year career.
He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and underwent surgery in 2008, but following a relapse, he died in his sleep in 2010.
Perhaps best known for his efforts in dealing with HIV in Singapore, Balaji was often seen as too soft-spoken in public.
Had cancer not cut his life short, however, it is hard to say whether he would have ever made the step up to become a full minister.
Of the crop of seven, then, one has passed on, one has left politics, two are leaving, while three stalwarts remain.
Their respective electoral races look relatively safe, but what roles will each play in the next Cabinet? Your guess is as good as mine.
