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Ho Peng Kee
Ho Peng Kee
何炳基
	Ho speaking to students at the SMU School of Law in 2019
Member of the Singapore Parliament; for Nee Soon East SMC
	In office; 3 November 2001 – 19 April 2011
Preceded by	himself (Sembawang GRC: Nee Soon East ward)
Succeeded by	Patrick Tay (Nee Soon GRC: Nee Soon East ward)
Majority	11,414 (37.2%)
Member of the Singapore Parliament; for Sembawang GRC (Nee Soon East ward)
	In office; 21 August 1991 – 3 November 2001
Preceded by	Charles Chong
Succeeded by	himself (Nee Soon East SMC)
Personal details
Born	9 May 1954 (age 70); Colony of Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Political party	People's Action Party
Alma mater	Anglo-Chinese School (Independent),; National Junior College,; National University of Singapore,; Harvard Law School

Ho Peng Kee (Chinese: 何炳基; pinyin: Hé Bǐngjī; born 9 May 1954) is a Singaporean legal academic and former politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Home Affairs, and a Member of Parliament representing the Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency. He announced his retirement from politics on 31 March 2011, prior to the 2011 Singapore general election.

Ho was formerly an academic, and at one time the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS). His academic research interests have included alternative methods of dispute settlement, consumer law and protection, the law of contract, and law and society. He retains the title of associate professor as he is on long-term secondment from NUS.^[1]

Ho had his early education at Anglo-Chinese School and National Junior College, before going on to earn a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the National University of Singapore, and a Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard Law School. He is called to the Bar as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.^[1]

He also serves actively as an elder at Mount Carmel Bible-Presbyterian Church.^[2]