Sylvia Lim | |
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林瑞莲 | |
.jpg) Lim in 2021 | |
| 10th Chair of the Workers' Party | |
| Assumed office 2 June 2003 | |
| Vice-Chairman | Faisal Manap (since 2016) |
| Secretary-General | Low Thia Khiang (2001–2018) Pritam Singh (since 2018) |
| Preceded by | Tan Bin Seng |
| Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC (Paya Lebar) | |
| Assumed office 10 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Show Mao |
| Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC (Serangoon) | |
| In office 7 May 2011 – 22 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Lim Hwee Hua |
| Succeeded by | Leon Perera |
| Non-Constituency Member of the 11th Parliament of Singapore | |
| In office 11 May 2006 – 18 April 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Chia |
| Succeeded by | Lina Chiam Yee Jenn Jong Gerald Giam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 March 1965 Singapore |
| Political party | Workers' Party |
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Sylvia Lim Swee Lian (simplified Chinese: 林瑞莲; traditional Chinese: 林瑞蓮; pinyin: Lín Ruìlián; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Sūi-liân; born 28 March 1965) is a Singaporean politician, lawyer, former police officer and Temasek Polytechnic law lecturer. A member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), she had been Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Paya Lebar division of Aljunied GRC since 2020. Lim has been the chairwoman of the Workers' Party since 2003 .[1]
She had been a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament between 2006 and 2011 of the 11th Parliament of Singapore. She represented the Serangoon division of Aljunied GRC between 2011 and 2020.
Before entering politics, Lim had served in the Singapore Police Force and worked in Temasek Polytechnic as a law lecturer. One week after the 2011 general election, she announced that she would be resigning from her job at Temasek Polytechnic after 12 years of service by what she anticipated to be an increased workload after being elected as part of the Workers' Party team for Aljunied GRC. During the same year, Lim also re-entered the legal sector.[2] She is currently counsel at Peter Low Chambers LLC.[3]
- ^ "MP | Parliament Of Singapore - Ms Sylvia Lim". www.parliament.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Sylvia Lim to re-enter legal practice". Yahoo Singapore. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Sylvia Lim Swee Lian". Peter Low Chambers LLC. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2022.