Pritam Singh (Singaporean politician)

Pritam Singh
Singh in 2021
9th Leader of the Opposition
Assumed office
24 August 2020
de facto: 8 April 2018 – 23 June 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
Preceded byLow Thia Khiang[1]
9th Secretary-General of the Workers' Party
Assumed office
8 April 2018
ChairwomanSylvia Lim Swee Lian
(since 2003)
Vice-ChairmanFaisal Manap
(since 2016)
Preceded byLow Thia Khiang
Member of Parliament
for Aljunied GRC
(Eunos)
Assumed office
7 May 2011
Preceded byZainul Abidin
Majority28,485 (19.90%)
Personal details
Born
Pritam Singh

(1976-08-02) 2 August 1976 (age 48)
Singapore
Political partyWorkers' Party
(2011–present)
Spouse
Loveleen Kaur Walia
(m. 2012)
Children2
Alma materNational University of Singapore (BA)
King's College London (MA)
Singapore Management University (JD)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer
  • author
Military service
Branch/serviceSingapore Army
Years of service1994–2002
RankMajor[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.

  1. ^ "GE2020: Election results a clear mandate for PAP but also reflects desire for more diversity of voices in Parliament, says PM". The Straits Times. 11 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ "The Workers' Party's new Secretary-General: 10 things to know about Pritam Singh". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ Exclusive Interview with Pritam Singh, Univantage, SMU, October 2011
  4. ^ 2011's Chevening Scholars Archived 18 July 2012 at archive.today, British High Commission Singapore website, retrieved 8 April 2012.
  5. ^ News from our alumni Archived 25 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, kcl.ac.uk, retrieved 8 April 2012.

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