Chen Show Mao

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Show Mao
陈硕茂
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Aljunied GRC
(Paya Lebar)
In office
7 May 2011 – 23 June 2020
Preceded byCynthia Phua
Succeeded bySylvia Lim
Personal details
Born (1961-02-06) 6 February 1961 (age 63)[1]
Linbian, Pingtung, Taiwan
NationalitySingaporean
Political partyWorkers' Party (2011–present)
Children3
EducationBachelor of Arts
Master of Arts
Juris Doctor
Alma materHarvard University
University of Oxford
Stanford University
Occupationpolitician, lawyer

Chen Show Mao (Chinese: 陈硕茂; pinyin: Chén Shuòmào; born 6 February 1961)[1] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), he was the Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC representing Paya Lebar between 2011 and 2020.

A graduate of Harvard, Oxford and Stanford, Chen was formerly a corporate lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell. He made his political debut in the 2011 general election when he joined a five-member Workers' Party team contesting in Aljunied GRC against a five-member team from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).

The Workers' Party team won with 54.72% of the vote against the PAP team,[2] marking the first time in Singapore's electoral history an opposition party had won an election in a GRC. Chen was elected to Parliament for a second term after the Workers' Party team won the 2015 general election in Aljunied GRC again with 50.96% of the vote against the PAP team.[3]

Chen stepped down as a MP for Aljunied GRC prior to the 2020 general election, although he remains active in politics.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Parliament CV was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "2011 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  3. ^ "2015 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Aljunied Community | Chen Show Mao". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Low, Chen and Png stepping down". The Straits Times. 25 June 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.