Pritam Singh

Pritam Singh (born 2 August 1976) is a Singaporean politician, author and lawyer who has served as the secretary-general of the Workers' Party (WP) since 2018 and the leader of the opposition since 2020. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Eunos division of Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2011. Singh is the first de jure leader of the opposition in post-independence Singapore. Singh graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, winning the Straits Steamship Prize in 1999 for being the top undergraduate student in history and political science. He went on to pursue postgraduate studies at King's College London on a Chevening Scholarship, earning a Master of Arts degree in war studies in 2004. Singh subsequently returned to Singapore and enrolled in the Juris Doctor programme at the Singapore Management University, completing his legal studies and being called to the bar in 2011. In 2013, he joined the litigation and dispute resolution department of Donaldson & Burkinshaw, Singapore’s oldest law firm. Singh joined the WP in 2010. He made his political debut, and won, in Aljunied GRC at the 2011 general election, defeating the governing People's Action Party (PAP); it was the first time the opposition won a GRC. He succeeded Low Thia Khiang as secretary-general of the WP on 8 April 2018 as part of a leadership transition. Between then and 2020, Singh functioned as the de facto Leader of the Opposition. Following the party’s performance in the 2020 general election, where it won the newly created Sengkang GRC while retaining its existing constituencies, Hougang Single Member Constituency (SMC) and Aljunied GRC, Singh was formally appointed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as the first de jure Leader of the Opposition; the role granted him additional parliamentary responsibilities and resources.