Fadli Fawzi

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The Honourable
Fadli Fawzi
فضلي فوزي
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Aljunied GRC
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 May 2025
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer
  • sociologist

Muhammad Fadli bin Mohammed Fawzi [a] (born 17 March 1985) is a Singaporean politician, lawyer, and sociologist. A member of the Workers' Party (WP), Fadli has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kaki Bukit division of Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2025.

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Early life and education

Fadli was born in Singapore on 17 March 1985 to a middle-class Malay family. His father worked as a civil servant and his mother was a teacher. [1]

He attended Jaya Primary School, Victoria School, and Nanyang Junior College before earning a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) in 2005 and a Master of Social Science in 2008, both in Sociology. [2]

Fadli later obtained a Juris Doctor degree (cum laude) from the Singapore Management University in 2016 and was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 2017. [3]

Career

Policy work

Fadli worked as a policy development officer in the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) from 2008-2013.

Fadli was called to the bar in 2017. He has been practicing in Inkwell Law Corporation since 2019, specialising in litigation work. [4]

Inkwell Law Corporation has also since been awarded the Legal Aid Bureau Outstanding Contirbution (Gold) award three times, in 2022, 2023 and 2025.

Political career

Fadli joined the WP in 2013 and volunteered in Aljunied GRC. He was later elected to the Workers' Party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) in 2018 and currently serves as its Deputy Organising Secretary. [5]

During the 2020 general election, Fadli contested in the five-member Marine Parade GRC; he drew attention for his bilingual pantun and his political commentary on the 'reframing of Malay politics'. [6] [7] The WP team lost to then-Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin and his team representing the governing People's Action Party (PAP) with 42.26% of the vote. [8] [9]

During the 2025 general election, Fadli was announced as a candidate for the WP-held Aljunied GRC alongside Pritam Singh, Sylvia Lim, Gerald Giam and Kenneth Tiong. The WP won re-election with 59.71% of the vote against the PAP team. Fadli is currently the Member of Parliament for Kaki Bukit division of Aljunied GRC. [10]

Personal life

Fadli is married with one child.

Notes

  1. ↑ Jawi: محمد فضلي بن محمد فوزي

References

  1. ↑ "GE2020: Meet the Workers' Party's new faces". The Straits Times. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Muhammad Fadli Bin Mohammed Fawzi – Biography". The Workers' Party. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules - Admission of Advocates and Solicitors in 2017". Supreme Court of Singapore. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Fadli Fawzi". www.wp.sg. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Muhammad Fadli Bin Mohammed Fawzi". The Workers' Party. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Workers' Party candidate Fadli Fawzi debuts in Marine Parade by reciting Malay & English poems". Mothership.sg. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Singapore's Fadli Fawzi and the reframing of 'Malay politics'". Mothership.sg. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "GE2020: PAP retains Marine Parade GRC with 57.76% of votes against WP". The Straits Times. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Clement Yong; Isabelle Liew; Claudia Tan (4 May 2025). "GE2025: WP retains strongholds in Aljunied and Hougang despite national swing to PAP" . Retrieved 6 May 2025.
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