Sylvia Lim
Sylvia Lim | |
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林瑞莲 | |
Official portrait, 2021 | |
| 10th Chair of the Workers' Party | |
| Assumed office 2 June 2003 | |
| Vice-Chairman | Faisal Manap (since 2016) |
| Secretary-General | Low Thia Khiang (2001–2018) Pritam Singh (since 2018) |
| Preceded by | Tan Bin Seng |
| Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
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| Non-Constituency Member | |
| In office 11 May 2006 – 18 April 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Chia |
| Succeeded by | Lina Chiam Yee Jenn Jong Gerald Giam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 March 1965 Singapore |
| Political party | Workers' Party |
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Sylvia Lim Swee Lian (simplified Chinese: 林瑞莲; traditional Chinese: 林瑞蓮; pinyin: Lín Ruìlián; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Sūi-liân; born 28 March 1965) is a Singaporean politician, lawyer, former police officer and former Temasek Polytechnic law lecturer. She has been the chairperson of the Workers' Party (WP) since 2003 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Paya Lebar division of Aljunied GRC since 2020.
Having been a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament between 2006 and 2011 of the 11th Parliament of Singapore, Lim represented the Serangoon division of Aljunied GRC between 2011 and 2020.
Before entering politics, Lim had served in the Singapore Police Force and worked in Temasek Polytechnic as a law lecturer. One week after the 2011 general election, she announced that she would be resigning from her job at Temasek Polytechnic after 12 years by what she anticipated to be an increased workload after being elected as part of the Workers' Party team for Aljunied GRC. During the same year, Lim also re-entered the legal sector. She is currently serving as counsel at Peter Low Chambers LLC.