Zhulkarnain bin Abdul Rahim ( Jawi: ذو القرنين عبدالرحيم; born 23 November 1980) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the

People's Action Party The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major Conservatism, conservative political party in Singapore and is the governing contemporary political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition Workers' Party of Singap ...

(PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the

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division of

Chua Chu Kang GRC The Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC has four wards: Chua Chu Kang, Tengah, Keat Hong and Brickland. Only a small portion of t ...

since 2020.

Early life and education

Zhulkarnain grew up with five siblings while his father was the sole breadwinner of the family. He graduated from

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national university, national Public university, public research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merging of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University ...

with a

Bachelor of Laws A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

degree in 2005 and subsequently completed a

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degree in

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and

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in 2013 at the

Singapore Management University Singapore Management University (SMU) is a publicly funded private university in Singapore. Founded in 2000, SMU is the third oldest autonomous university in the country, modelling its education after the Wharton School. The university is trip ...

Career

Zhulkarnain is a partner at Dentons Rodyk and Davidson. He was named in the Asian Legal Business ALB 40 under 40 2016 List of the brightest young legal minds in the region and a shortlisted finalist in the 2017 Young Lawyer of the Year category of the ALB South East Asia Law Awards. In 2017, he won the JCI Singapore: Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award in the category of Political, Legal and Government Affairs.

Political career

Zhulkarnain was fielded in the 2020 general election to contest in

on the

's (PAP) ticket against the

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. Zhulkarnain's running mates were

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, Low Yen Ling,

Don Wee Don Wee Boon Hong ( zh, s=黄文鸿, p=Huáng Wénhóng; born 1976) is a Singaporean accountant and former politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Brickland ...

. On 11 July 2020, Zhulkarnain was declared an elected Member of Parliament representing Chua Chu Kang GRC in the 14th Parliament after the PAP team in Chua Chu Kang GRC garnered 58.64% of the valid votes. He was then appointed Deputy Chairperson of Home Affairs and Law Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) in Parliament. On 1 July 2024, Zhulkarnain took over as Chairman of the Home Affairs and Law Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) from Murali Pillai who became a Minister of State on the same day. Zhulkarnain was appointed as Vice-Chairperson of Chua Chu Kang Town Council (CCKTC) since 2020.

References

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