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Mar 12, 1935 Singapore 89 years old
Singaporean politician
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About Chiam See Tong
- Chiam See Tong (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhan Shí Zhong; Pe?h-oe-ji: Chiam Sî-tiong; born 12 March 1935) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer.
- He is Singapore's longest-serving Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) in a Single Member Constituency (SMC), having represented the constituency of Potong Pasir in Parliament from 1984 to 2011.
- Chiam was formerly the longest-serving Opposition Leader in terms of total time served (1986–93, 1997-2006), as well as the opposition Member of Parliament (MP) (1984-2011) until the end of 2017, where former Workers' Party (WP) then-secretary general Low Thia Khiang surpassed both of his record (Low served as an MP since 1991, and as an opposition leader from 2006 to 2018).Chiam was founding leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) up to December 1996, when he left the party to join the Singapore People's Party (SPP) prior to the 1997 general election.
- He subsequently spearheaded the formation of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), and was its chairman and de facto opposition leader from 2001 to 2011.
- However, in March 2011 he announced that he was withdrawing the SPP from the SDA grouping, and would contest the next general election under the SPP banner.
- At the 2011 general election, Chiam decided not to seek re-election in his Potong Pasir constituency and instead stood as a member of the SPP's team in the Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency.
- However the SPP was defeated by the PAP's team in Bishan-Toa Payoh.
- His wife Lina Chiam narrowly lost the election in Potong Pasir and accepted a seat as a Non Constituency Member of Parliament.
- Chiam retired from politics prior to the 2015 Singaporean general election due to health reasons.
