Gerald Giam
Gerald Giam Yean Song (Chinese: 严燕松) is a Singaporean politician from the Workers' Party of Singapore (Workers' Party) who is currently a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) of the .
Political career
Gerald first stepped into the political world in 2011 contesting as one of 5 members, of a Workers' Party team led by which included , and , in the East Coast Group Representation Constituency (East Coast GRC). They contested against a team from the People's Action Party which was led by Minister Lim Swee Say together with Lee Yi Shyan, Lim Siang Keat Raymond, , and Tan Soon Neo Jessica. Although, the Workers' Party team fell short obtaining a credible 45.17% of the votes, they nevertheless were entitled to an NCMP position as third best loser in an election whereby less than 9 non-ruling party Members of Parliament (MPs) made it to parliament.
It was confirmed by Workers' Party on 13 May 2011 that Gerald from the team would be taking up the NCMP position. With Gerald taking up the NCMP position together with Yee Jenn Jong, 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 + 2 NCMP) seats in parliament.
Education
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