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Pritam Khaira Singh (Punjabi: ; Urdu: , born 2 August 1976), , is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the opposition and the chairperson of Workers' Party, he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency since 7 May 2011.〔(Mr Pritam Singh ), parliament.gov.sg, retrieved 6 April 2012.〕 ==Career== In 2007, Singh founded Opinion Asia, an online commentary syndicate with a focus on Asian issues. Prior to that, he served in the SAF as a regular Army Officer till 2002. At the 2011 general election, Singh was part of the five-member Worker's Party team which contested the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC). The team also included the party's Secretary-General, Low Thia Khiang, along with Sylvia Lim (the party's Chairman), Chen Show Mao and Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap. They faced the team from the governing People's Action Party (PAP), which was led by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, George Yeo, and also included Lim Hwee Hua, Cynthia Phua and Zainul Abidin Bin Mohamed Rasheed. The Workers' Party's team defeated the PAP team by 72,289 votes (54.7%) to 59,829 (45.2%),〔(Parliamentary General Election 2011: Aljunied GRC ), singapore-elections.com, retrieved 6 April 2012.〕 marking the first occasion in Singapore's history in which an opposition party had won an election in a GRC. Since the election, Singh has represented the Eunos ward within the constituency in Parliament.〔(MP for Aljunied GRC, Eunos Division ), aljunied.wp.sg, retrieved 6 April 2012.〕 Within the Workers' Party, Singh is currently the Organising Secretary on the party's Executive Council.〔(Executive Council ), wp.sg, retrieved 6 April 2012.〕 Singh is also an associate of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice at the Singapore law firm Donaldson & Burkinshaw.〔(), Donaldson & Burkinshaw website, retrieved 3 February 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pritam Singh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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