Yee Jenn Jong

Yee Jenn Jong (Chinese: 余振忠; pinyin: Yú Zhèn Zhōng, born 24 March 1965) is a Singaporean politician from the Workers' Party of Singapore (Workers' Party) who is currently a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) of the 12th Parliament of Singapore.[1]

Political career

Yee first stepped into the political world in 2011 contesting in the Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency (Joo Chiat SMC) against Charles Chong from the People's Action Party. Although he lost marginally with 48.99% of the votes, he finished as the second best loser in an election whereby less than 9 non-ruling party Members of Parliament (MPs) made it to parliament and was entitled to an NCMP position in the 12th Parliament of Singapore. It was confirmed by Workers' Party on 13 May 2011 that Yee would be taking up the NCMP position.[2] With Yee taking up the NCMP position together with Gerald Giam, Workers' Party set a new record in the Singapore's post-independence political arena becoming the first non-ruling party to have 8 (6 MP[3] + 2 NCMP) seats in parliament.

Education

References

  1. ↑ "Press Statement: Election of Non-Constituency Members of Parliament in General Election 2011" (PDF). Elections.gov.sg. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  2. ↑ "Workers' Party names Yee Jenn Jong, Gerald Giam for NCMP seats". Channel NewsAsia. 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  3. ↑ "2011 Parliamentary Election rEsults". Elections.gov.sg. Retrieved 2012-11-26.

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Political offices
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by
Sylvia Lim		 Non-Constituency Member of Parliament
2011 - 2015
Served alongside: Lina Chiam, Gerald Giam		 Succeeded by
Dennis Tan Lip Fong
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