Gerald Giam | |
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严燕松 | |
.jpg) Giam in 2021 | |
| Member of Parliament forAljunied GRC (Bedok Reservoir–Punggol) | |
| Assumed office 10 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Low Thia Khiang |
| Majority | 28,485 (19.90%) |
| Non-Constituency Member of the 12th Parliament of Singapore | |
| In office 10 October 2011 – 25 August 2015 Serving with Yee Jenn Jong | |
| Preceded by | Sylvia Lim |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Goh Dennis Tan Leon Perera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gerald Giam Yean Song (1977-11-22)22 November 1977 (age 47)[1][2] United Kingdom[2] |
| Political party | Workers' Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California (BS) Nanyang Technological University (MS) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Gerald Giam Yean Song[a] (Chinese:严燕松;pinyin:Yán Yànsōng; born 22 November 1977)[1][2] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the oppositionWorkers' Party (WP), Giam has been theMember of Parliament (MP) representing theBedok Reservoir–Punggol division ofAljunied GRC since 2020.
Giam was previously theNon-Constituency Member of Parliament between 2011 and 2015 of the12th Parliament of Singapore and was elected as Policy Research Team Head of the Workers' Party Central Executive Committee (CEC) since 2022.
Giam was educated atAnglo-Chinese School (Independent) andAnglo-Chinese Junior College. He holds aBachelor of Science inelectrical engineering from theUniversity of Southern California and aMaster of Science in internationalpolitical economy fromNanyang Technological University.[3]
Giam has worked in various roles in the information technology industry, including as a senior consultant atAvanade and a project manager at MSC Consulting.[3] He was also a foreign service officer at theMinistry of Foreign Affairs and had volunteered as a youth leader in theSouth West Community Development Council.[4] He was also previously a deputy editor atThe Online Citizen.[5][6]
Giam is the chief technology officer of an information technology solutions company which he co-founded. He is a Registered Management Consultant certified by the Institute of Management Consultants (Singapore).[3]
Following the2011 general election, Giam first entered politics in a five-memberWorkers' Party with team members,Png Eng Huat, Mohd Fazli Talip, Eric Tan and Glenda Han contesting in theEast Coast GRC against thePeople's Action Party (PAP). The Workers' Party team lost with 45.2% of the votes.
As the best performing defeated team, Giam was offered aNon-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seat in Parliament.[7] On 13 May 2011, theWorkers' Party confirmed that Giam would take up the NCMP seat.[8][9]
With Giam taking up the NCMP position together withYee Jenn Jong, the Workers' Party set a new record in Singapore's electoral history by becoming the first opposition party to have eight (six elected and two NCMP) seats in Parliament.[10]
Giam served as a NCMP in the12th Parliament from 10 October 2011 to 25 August 2015.[11]
Following the2015 general election, Giam contested in a four-memberWorkers' Party with team members,Daniel Goh,Leon Perera and Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff contesting in theEast Coast GRC and went against thePeople's Action Party (PAP). The Workers' Party team lost with 39.27% of the votes.[12]
As the opposition team with third highest percentage of votes among unelected candidates, anyone on Giam's team would be nominated to take up the third NCMP position. Instead of taking up the position for himself as the leader of the team, he proposed within the party that his teammate,Leon Perera to take up to position.[13][14]
During the2020 general election, Giam joined a five-member Workers' Party team contesting inAljunied GRC with team members,Pritam Singh,Sylvia Lim,Leon Perera andMuhamad Faisal Manap afterLow Thia Kiang andChen Show Mao stepped down and not seek re-election. They won with 59.95% of the vote against thePeople's Action Party team. Giam thus became the Member of Parliament representing theBedok Reservoir–Punggol ward of Aljunied GRC in the14th Parliament.
Giam was elected as Policy Research Team Head of the Workers' Party Central Executive Committee since 2022. In the town council level, Giam was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the Aljunied—Hougang Town Council from 2020 to 2024 along withLeon Perera who resigned in 2023. Giam is one of the Town Councillors under the Tenders and Contracts Committee in the Aljunied–Hougang Town Council (AHTC). Giam was appointed as Chairman of Aljunied—Hougang Town Council in 2024.[15][16][17]
Giam is a Christian who is married to a chartered accountant with two children.[15]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forAljunied GRC (Bedok Reservoir–Punggol) 2020 – present | Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Non-Constituency Member of Parliament 2016–2020 Served alongside:Yee Jenn Jong,Lina Chiam | Succeeded by |
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