Alex Yeo

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The Honourable
Alex Yeo
杨陞才
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Potong Pasir SMC
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 May 2025

Alex Yeo Sheng Chye [a] is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency (SMC) since 2025.

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Education

Yeo was part of the debating team in Victoria School and Tampines Junior College. [1] He studied economics and political science at the National University of Singapore and later graduated from the University of Sydney with a degree in law. [1] [2]

Career

Yeo is a lawyer. [b] He is qualified in both Singapore and Australia and is the director of Niru & Co LLC. [2]

Political career

In 2014, Yeo began volunteering for the PAP in Potong Pasir SMC. [7] [4] He became the party's branch secretary for the constituency in 2015. [2] In 2017, he became the branch chairperson [c] for the Paya Lebar division of Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC), held by the Workers' Party (WP), after Murali Pillai, the previous chairperson, was appointed to the same role in Bukit Batok SMC, being the PAP candidate for its 2016 by-election. [4] [10]

In the 2020 general election, Yeo was fielded in Aljunied GRC; the five-member PAP team lost to the WP team, led by party leader Pritam Singh, with 40.05% of the vote. [3] [11]

In 2024, Yeo was replaced as branch chairperson for Paya Lebar by Kenny Sim. [5]

In the 2025 general election, Yeo was fielded in Potong Pasir SMC, replacing incumbent Sitoh Yih Pin, who had retired from electoral politics. [7] He defeated Williamson Lee, treasurer of the Singapore People's Party (SPP), and Lim Tean, secretary-general of the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR), with 69.2% of the vote in a three-way contest. [12] [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Chinese :杨陞才; pinyin :Yáng Shēngcái
  2. ↑ List of sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
  3. ↑ Another name for a "grassroots advisor", an individual appointed for "grassroots engagement and outreach" in a GRC division or SMC who, according to the People's Association (PA), has to be aligned with the "Government of the day". They do not need to be the elected MP for the area. [8] [9] [5] [10]

References

  1. 1 2 Choo, Daryl (8 July 2020). "GE2020: Fielded in PAP's Aljunied 'suicide squad', Alex Yeo wants only to serve". Today . Archived from the original on 14 June 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Alex Yeo's CV" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore . Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 Tham, Yuen-C; Tan, Audrey; Li, Xueying (11 July 2020). "GE2020 results: Pritam Singh leads Workers' Party to victory in Aljunied GRC with higher margin than in 2015". The Straits Times . ISSN   0585-3923. Archived from the original on 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "GE2025: Three-term MP Sitoh Yih Pin to step down, lawyer Alex Yeo to contest in Potong Pasir SMC". AsiaOne. 16 April 2025. Archived from the original on 26 July 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "PAP appoints two new faces in WP-controlled Aljunied GRC". The Straits Times. 12 August 2024. ISSN   0585-3923. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  6. 1 2 Lum, Selina; Chan, Gabrielle; Chai, Amanda (4 May 2025) [3 May 2025]. "GE2025: PAP's Alex Yeo wins three-way fight for Potong Pasir with 69.18% of votes". The Straits Times. ISSN   0585-3923. Archived from the original on 22 July 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  7. 1 2 "GE2025: Trust in Potong Pasir has to be earned, says PAP's Alex Yeo". The Straits Times. 1 May 2025. ISSN   0585-3923. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Grassroots Advisers". www.pa.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 8 May 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Grassroots leader Lee Hong Chuang unveiled as PAP's Hougang SMC candidate". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Murali Pillai named PAP candidate for Bukit Batok by-election". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". Elections Department Singapore . Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "ELD | 2025 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
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