Christopher de Souza
Christopher de Souza | |
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Official portrait, 2015 | |
| Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore | |
| Assumed office 31 August 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
| Speaker | Seah Kian Peng (2023–present) Tan Chuan-Jin (2017–2023) |
| Preceded by | Charles Chong Lim Biow Chuan |
| Member of Parliament for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1976 Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Alma mater | King's College London (LLB) University of Oxford (BCL) |
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Christopher James de Souza (born 21 January 1976) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Ulu Pandan division of Holland–Bukit Timah GRC since 2006.
A lawyer by profession, de Souza has been working at Lee & Lee since 2006 and had also worked at WongPartnership between 2011 and 2014.
Prior to entering politics in the 2006 general election, he had worked in the Singapore Legal Service.