Abbas Abu Amin is a former politician from 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) who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pasir Panjang Single Member Constituency (SMC) from 23 December 1980 to 17 August 1988 and

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(GRC) from 3 September 1988 to 14 August 1991. He studied at Kota Raja Malay School and

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. He went on to the Teachers' Training College and joined the

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(SAF) in 1966. He rose to the rank of Major in the Singapore Army. Abbas was also the Chairman of the

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from 1988 to 1991, and an active trade unionist in

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. His son is Ahmad Nizam Abbas, a lawyer.

Military career

Abbas served 22 years in the regular service with an additional 7 year as a reserve officer for the Singapore Armed Forces.1970 Secretary of SAFSA, 1973 - 1974 attended army courses at Bandung, 1975 - 1977 Commanding Officer School of Method Instruction SAFTI SAF School, 1978 - 1979 Commanding Officer of SAF Boys School. Abbas left the military service in October 1980 to pursue a career in politics but remained a Commanding Officer of Reservist People Defense Force as Commander 145 Battalion for the following 7 years.https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/oral_history_interviews/record-details/e2ed9688-0c26-11eb-beef-001a4a5ba629

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