Leon Perera
Leon Perera | |
|---|---|
| 贝理安 | |
| Non-constituency Member of the 13th Parliament of Singapore | |
| Assumed office 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party | Workers' Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Double First Class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
| Occupation | CEO of Spire Group |
Leon Perera is a Singaporean politician and is a member of the Workers' Party (WP). He co-founded and is the CEO of Spire Research and Consulting, an international business research and consulting agency. He is a member of the Economic Society of Singapore, the EDB Society and the Singapore Institute of Directors.[1]
Education and early career
Perera studied at Anglo-Chinese School, Hwa Chong Junior College, and obtained a Double First Class Honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.[2]
Perera began his career as a Senior Officer with the Singapore Economic Development Board’s International Business Development Division, serving first in the policy planning function supporting Singapore’s regional investments. He later served as Assistant Head in the EDB’s Enterprise Development Division, assisting in the growth of large Singaporean companies in the service sector spanning logistics, education and health care, to information technology (IT) services, engineering and retail.[3]
Political career
Prior to contesting in elections, Perera was a WP grassroots activist at Aljunied Group Representation Constituency's (GRC) Paya Lebar division.[4]
At the 2015 Singapore general election, Perera contested as a member of the WP team for the East Coast GRC alongside A/Prof Daniel Goh, Gerald Giam, and Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff. His team received 39.27% of the votes cast, with the People's Action Party garnering 60.73% of votes to win the GRC. The WP East Coast GRC team was the best performing opposition team among and one of the team members was thus eligible to take up the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seat. The Workers' Party nominated Perera to be an NCMP for Singapore's 13th Parliament.
NCMP term
Following the Hepatitis C outbreak at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) in October 2015 which contributed to the deaths of five patients, Perera called on the government to convene a Committee of Inquiry (COI) to help "restore confidence" in Singapore's public health institutions.[5] He also requested that the names of SGH and Ministry of Health staff responsible for the outbreak be released, and questioned what penalties or warnings were imposed on these staff.
On the debate over 'Fake News Laws', Perera highlighted how the proposed tool "is a cure worse than the disease" as too much power is given to individual Ministers and the potential for the law to stifle free speech.[6]
2020 General Election
Perera will be contesting Aljunied GRC (Paya Lebar Division) in the 2020 Singapore general election, taking over from Chen Show Mao. [7]
Personal life
Perera is married, and has a daughter and a son.[8]
References
- ^ "WP potential candidates make appearance at public event". Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ^ "Leon Perera CV - Parliament of Singapore". Parliament of Singapore. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ "Leon Perera | Spire Research and Consulting". www.spireresearch.com. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ^ "Leon Perera CV - Parliament of Singapore" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore. Retrieved 2017-04-02.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "SGH Hep C cluster: WP reiterates call for COI to be formed". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ "Fake news law is 'a cure worse than the disease' - WP NCMP Leon Perera". The Online Citizen. 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ^ hermesauto (2020-06-26). "Singapore GE2020: Workers' Party confirms Aljunied GRC slate, introduces second batch of candidates". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ "Leon Perera | The Workers' Party". www.wp.sg. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
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