Pritam Singh
Pritam Singh | |
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| ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸਿੰਘ | |
Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 24 August 2020 – 15 January 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| 9th Secretary-General of the Workers' Party | |
| Assumed office 8 April 2018 | |
| Chairwoman | Sylvia Lim |
| Vice-Chairman | Faisal Manap |
| Preceded by | Low Thia Khiang |
| Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
| Majority |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Pritam Singh 2 August 1976 |
| Party | Workers' Party |
| Spouse |
Loveleen Kaur Walia (m. 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore (BA) King's College London (MA) Singapore Management University (JD) |
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| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Singapore Army |
| Years of service | 1994–2002 |
| Rank | Major |
Pritam Singh (born 2 August 1976) is a Singaporean politician, author and lawyer who was the leader of the opposition from 2020 to 2026. He has been the secretary-general of the Workers' Party (WP) since 2018 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Eunos division of Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2011. Singh was the first de jure leader of the opposition in post-independence Singapore.
Singh won the Straits Steamship Prize in 1999 for being the top undergraduate student in history and political science and graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. He went on to pursue postgraduate studies at King's College London on a Chevening Scholarship, earning a Master of Arts degree in war studies in 2004. Singh subsequently returned to Singapore and enrolled in the Juris Doctor programme at the Singapore Management University, completing his legal studies and being called to the bar in 2011. In 2013, he joined the litigation and dispute resolution department of Donaldson & Burkinshaw, Singapore’s oldest law firm.
Singh joined the WP in 2010. He made his political debut, and won, in Aljunied GRC at the 2011 general election, defeating the governing People's Action Party (PAP) in the first GRC victory by the opposition. He succeeded Low Thia Khiang as secretary-general of the WP on 8 April 2018 as part of a leadership transition. Between then and 2020, Singh functioned as the de facto leader of the opposition. Following the party’s performance in the 2020 general election, where it won the newly created Sengkang GRC while retaining Hougang Single Member Constituency (SMC) and Aljunied GRC, Singh was formally appointed by prime minister Lee Hsien Loong as the first de jure leader of the opposition and thus granted additional parliamentary responsibilities and resources. In 2026, prime minister Lawrence Wong removed Singh as the leader of the opposition following a successful parliamentary motion, proposed by Leader of the House Indranee Rajah, that declared him "unsuitable" for the position after his conviction for lying to a parliamentary committee.