Pritam Singh

Pritam Singh
Member of Parliament
Aljunied GRC
(Eunos)
Assumed office
7 May 2011
Preceded by Zainul Abidin bin Mohamed Rasheed (PAP)
Leader of the Opposition
Assumed office
8 April 2018
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by Low Thia Khiang
Secretary-General of the Workers' Party
Assumed office
8 April 2018
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Chairman Sylvia Lim
Preceded by Low Thia Khiang
Personal details
Born (1976-08-02) 2 August 1976
Singapore
Nationality Singaporean
Political party Workers' Party of Singapore
Spouse(s) Loveleen Kaur Walia
Children Maahi Kaur
Alma mater National University of Singapore,
King's College, London,
Singapore Management University
Occupation Lawyer, Politician
Military service
Allegiance  Singapore
Service/branch  Singapore Army
Years of service 1994-2002
Rank Major[1]

Pritam Singh (born 2 August, 1976) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer serving as leader of the Workers' Party and Leader of the Opposition since 2018. Prior to the appointment, he was previously the Assistant Secretary-General of the party since 2016. A member of the opposition and the chairman of Aljunied-Hougang town council, he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency for Eunos since 2011.[2]

Career

Pritam Singh served in the SAF until 2002, achieving the rank of Major[3]. In 2007, he founded Opinion Asia, an online commentary syndicate with a focus on Asian issues.

At the 2011 general election, Singh was part of the five-member Worker's Party team which contested the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC). The team included the party's Secretary-General, Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim (the party's Chairperson), Chen Show Mao and Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap. They faced the team from the incumbent People's Action Party (PAP), which was led by then Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo. The Workers' Party's team defeated the PAP team by 72,289 votes (54.7%) to 59,829 (45.2%),[4] marking the first occasion in Singapore's history in which an opposition party had won an election in a GRC.

Since the election, Singh has represented the Eunos ward within the constituency in Parliament.[5]

Within the Workers' Party, Singh was the Assistant Secretary General on the party's Executive Council before he became the Secretary-General.[6]

Singh is also an associate of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice at the Singapore law firm Donaldson & Burkinshaw.[7]

Singh was tipped to be the next chief of the Workers’ Party, succeeding Low Thia Khiang.[8] Subsequently, Singh was officially confirmed as Secretary-General of The Workers' Party on 8 Apr 2018 after Low Thia Khiang stepped down as party chief.[9]

Education and Personal life

Singh was educated at Woodsville Primary School, Belvedere Primary School, St Thomas Secondary School and Jurong Junior College, before going on to the National University of Singapore under the SAF's Local Study Award, where he completed a BA (Hons) degree in 2000. He won the Straits Steamship Prize for the top undergraduate student reading history and political science in 1999. [10]. He later received a Chevening Scholarship[11] to study at King's College London in the United Kingdom, where he completed a Master of Arts degree in war studies in 2004.[12] He also earned a Diploma in Islamic Studies from the International Islamic University Malaysia in 2005.[13] In 2011, Singh completed a Juris Doctor degree at the Singapore Management University. Singh is married to Loveleen Kaur Walia and they have a daughter.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/workers-party-secretary-general-pritam-singh-10-things-to-know-10116750
  2. ↑ Mr Pritam Singh, parliament.gov.sg, retrieved 6 April 2012.
  3. ↑ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/workers-party-secretary-general-pritam-singh-10-things-to-know-10116750
  4. ↑ Parliamentary General Election 2011: Aljunied GRC Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine., singapore-elections.com, retrieved 6 April 2012.
  5. ↑ MP for Aljunied GRC, Eunos Division Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine., aljunied.wp.sg, retrieved 6 April 2012.
  6. ↑ Executive Council Archived 2013-07-28 at the Wayback Machine., wp.sg, retrieved 6 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2013-02-03. , Donaldson & Burkinshaw website, retrieved 3 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "Pritam Singh tipped to be next WP chief". The Straits Times. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  9. ↑ "Pritam Singh elected new WP chief, succeeding Low Thia Khiang". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  10. ↑ Exclusive Interview with Pritam Singh, Univantage, SMU, October 2011
  11. ↑ 2011's Chevening Scholars, British High Commission Singapore website, retrieved 8 April 2012.
  12. ↑ News from our alumni, kcl.ac.uk, retrieved 8 April 2012.
  13. ↑ Pritam Singh Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine., wp.sg, retrieved 6 April 2012.
  14. ↑ "WP's Pritam Singh ties the knot in colourful ceremony". Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  15. ↑ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/workers-party-secretary-general-pritam-singh-10-things-to-know-10116750
Party political offices
Preceded by
Low Thia Khiang		 Secretary-General of the Workers' Party
2018 – present		 Incumbent
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