Amrin Amin
Amrin Amin | |
|---|---|
| امرين أمين | |
| Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs | |
| Assumed office 1 May 2018 Serving with Sun Xueling | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | K. Shanmugam |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs | |
| In office 5 October 2015 – 30 April 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | K. Shanmugam |
| Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health | |
| Assumed office 1 May 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Gan Kim Yong |
| Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health | |
| In office 1 May 2017 – 30 April 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Gan Kim Yong |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Sembawang GRC | |
| Assumed office 11 September 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1978 Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Spouse | Shariffah Nadia Aljunied |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore Columbia University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Amrin Amin (Jawi: امرين أمين) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he made his electoral debut in 2015. Since 1 October 2015, he has been Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs.[1] He has also been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sembawang GRC since 11 September 2015. He is Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Health.
Education
Amrin Amin was educated at Dunman Secondary School and Tampines Junior College before reading law at the National University of Singapore, LLB (Honours) and Columbia University in New York, LLM (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar).[2]
Career
He was a solicitor at Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP, and also is a member of National Council on Problem Gambling (Singapore) as well as the governing board of Nanyang Polytechnic.[3] He became a corporate lawyer and partner at Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP in 2015[4][5][6][7][8]
Amrin became a prominent grassroots activist in Sembawang GRC soon after the General Elections of 2011,[9] and in 2015, Amrin was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sembawang GRC, replacing outgoing PAP MP Ellen Lee.[10] He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs subsequently.[11] In the 2015 Cabinet reshuffling, he was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Health.[12]
References
- ^ "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ Lilian NG (MOH) (13 August 2015). "AMRIN AMIN 安宁阿敏" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
- ^ Chua, Grace. "Lawyer a potential PAP candidate". Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Corp partner hire for Singapore law firm JTJB". Asian Legal Business. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "People's Action Party". pap.org.sg. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
- ^ "Lawyer a potential PAP candidate, AsiaOne Singapore News". news.asiaone.com. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
- ^ "Bicara 2015 - EP2". Toggle. Suria. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Meet PAP's Sembawang GRC 'boy band'". The New Paper. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Launch of the Former Combined Operations Room (FCOR) Exhibition - Speech by Mr Amrin Amin, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs". Ministry of Home Affairs. Government of Singapore. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ Katherine_Chen (2017-04-27). "Changes to Cabinet and other appointments". Prime Minister‘s Office Singapore. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
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