Sylvia Lim

The Honourable
Sylvia Lim
The Honourable Sylvia Lim
林瑞莲
	Lim in 2021
10th Chair of the Workers' Party
	Incumbent
	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)
	Incumbent
	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 (age 59); Singapore
Political party	Workers' Party
Alma mater	National University of Singapore (LLB); University College London (LLM); Michigan State University (MS);
Occupation	Politician; Lawyer; Lecturer;

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 who has been the chairperson of the Workers' Party (WP) since 2003. 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. ^[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.

[1] "MP | Parliament Of Singapore - Ms Sylvia Lim". www.parliament.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[2] "Sylvia Lim to re-enter legal practice". Yahoo Singapore. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

[3] "Sylvia Lim Swee Lian". Peter Low Chambers LLC. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

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