Leon Perera

Leon Perera
Perera in 2021
Member of Parliament
for Aljunied GRC
(Serangoon)
In office
10 July 2020 – 19 July 2023
Preceded bySylvia Lim
Succeeded byVacant (Ward covered by other Members of Aljunied GRC)
Majority28,485 (19.90%)
Non-Constituency Member of the
13th Parliament of Singapore
In office
16 September 2015 – 22 June 2020
Serving with Daniel Goh and Dennis Tan
Preceded byYee Jenn Jong
Gerald Giam
Lina Chiam
Succeeded byLeong Mun Wai
Hazel Poa
Personal details
Born
Leon Anil Perera

(1970-09-28) 28 September 1970 (age 54)[1]
Singapore
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Workers' Party
(2013–2023)
Spouse
Carol Perera
(m. 2003)
Children2
Alma materExeter College, Oxford (MA)
OccupationPolitician

Leon Anil Perera (born 28 September 1970)[1] is a former Singaporean politician. A former member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), he was previously a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament between 2015 and 2020. Perera was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Serangoon division of Aljunied GRC between 2020 and 2023.

Perera resigned as a member of Workers' Party (WP) and his seat as Member of Parliament (MP) on 19 July 2023 due to an extramarital affair with party member Nicole Seah.

  1. ^ a b "MP | Parliament of Singapore".