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Murali Pillai | |
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| முரளி பிள்ளை | |
.png) Pillai in 2021 | |
| Minister of State for Transport | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Lawrence Wong |
| Minister | Chee Hong Tat |
| Preceded by | Chee Hong Tat (As Senior Minister of State) |
| Minister of State for Law | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Lawrence Wong |
| Minister | K. Shanmugam |
| Preceded by | Rahayu Mahzam (As Senior Parliamentary Secretary) |
| Member of Parliament for Bukit Batok SMC | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | David Ong |
| Majority | 2,712 (9.60%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | K. Muralidharan Pillai 30 October 1967[1] Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Spouse | N. Gowri |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore (LLB, LLM, MBA) University of California, Los Angeles (MBA) |
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K. Muralidharan Pillai SC (Chinese: 穆仁理, pinyin Mù Rén Lǐ; Tamil: முரளி பிள்ளை, romanized: Muraḷi Piḷḷai; born 30 October 1967),[1] better known as Murali Pillai, is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Minister of State for Transport, Minister of State for Law since July 2024 and Member of Parliament (MP) representing Bukit Batok SMC since May 2016.
Pillai previously worked in the Singapore Police Force[1][2][3] before he became a practising lawyer in 1996. He was a partner in the Commercial Litigation practice at Rajah & Tann before joining the Government.
Pillai joined the People's Action Party (PAP) in 2001 and was the branch secretary to Ong Chit Chung, Member of Parliament for Bukit Batok. He was part of a five-member PAP team who contested and narrowly lost[4] to the Workers' Party in Aljunied GRC during the 2015 general election. In 2016, Pillai was once again fielded in as a PAP candidate for the Bukit Batok by-election. He won 61.2% of the votes, securing his position as a Member of Parliament for Bukit Batok SMC. He is also an advisor of Bukit Batok SMC Grassroots Organisation.
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