Pritam Singh | |
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9th Leader of the Opposition | |
Assumed office 24 August 2020 de facto: 8 April 2018 – 23 June 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
Preceded by | Low Thia Khiang[1] |
9th Secretary-General of the Workers' Party | |
Assumed office 8 April 2018 | |
Chairwoman | Sylvia Lim Swee Lian (since 2003) |
Vice-Chairman | Faisal Manap (since 2016) |
Preceded by | Low Thia Khiang |
Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC (Eunos) | |
Assumed office 7 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | Zainul Abidin |
Majority | 28,485 (19.90%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Pritam Singh 2 August 1976 Singapore |
Political party | Workers' Party (2011–present) |
Spouse |
Loveleen Kaur Walia (m. 2012) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | National University of Singapore (BA) King's College London (MA) Singapore Management University (JD) |
Occupation |
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Military service | |
Branch/service | Singapore Army |
Years of service | 1994–2002 |
Rank | Major[2] |
Pritam Singh (born 2 August 1976) is a Singaporean politician, author, and lawyer who has been the Secretary-General of the Workers' Party since 2018, and Leader of the Opposition since 2020. A member of the Workers' Party (WP), Singh has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Eunos division of Aljunied GRC since 2011.
Singh graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. In 1999, he won the Straits Steamship Prize for being the top undergraduate student in history and political science.[3] He was later awarded the Chevening Scholarship for postgraduate studies at King's College London, where he completed a Master of Arts degree in war studies in 2004.[4][5]
Singh joined the Workers' Party and was elected to Parliament in the 2011 general election, and has retained his parliamentary seat in subsequent elections. That same year, Singh completed a Juris Doctor degree at the Singapore Management University as well as qualifying for the bar. In 2013, Singh joined the litigation and dispute resolution practice at Donaldson & Burkinshaw, Singapore's oldest law firm.
Singh was elected Secretary-General of the Workers' Party on 8 April 2018 as part of a leadership renewal, succeeding Low Thia Khiang. Singh was the de facto Leader of the Opposition between 2018 and 2020. After the 2020 general election, his party emerged as the largest opposition party in Parliament when the party secured Aljunied GRC, Hougang SMC and Sengkang GRC, a total of 10 seats. Subsequently, Singh was appointed as the first de jure Leader of the Opposition by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.