Gerald Giam Yean Song ( zh, s=严燕松, p=Yán Yànsōng; born 22 November 1977) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the opposition

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(WP), Giam has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the

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– Punggol division of Aljunied GRC since 2020. Giam was previously the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament between 2011 and 2015 of the 12th Parliament of Singapore and was elected as Policy Research Team Head of the Workers' Party Central Executive Committee (CEC) since 2022.

Education

Giam was educated at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College. He holds a

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from the

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and a

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in international

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from

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Career

Giam has worked in various roles in the information technology industry, including as a senior consultant at Avanade and a project manager at MSC Consulting. He was also a foreign service officer at the

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and had volunteered as a youth leader in the South West Community Development Council. He was also previously a deputy editor at The Online Citizen. Giam is the chief technology officer of an information technology solutions company which he co-founded. He is a Registered Management Consultant certified by the Institute of Management Consultants (Singapore).

Political career

Following the 2011 general election, Giam first entered politics in a five-member

with team members, Png Eng Huat, Mohd Fazli Talip, Eric Tan and Glenda Han contesting in the East Coast GRC against the

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(PAP). The Workers' Party team lost with 45.2% of the votes. As the best performing defeated team, Giam was offered a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seat in Parliament. On 13 May 2011, the

confirmed that Giam would take up the NCMP seat. With Giam taking up the NCMP position together with Yee Jenn Jong, the Workers' Party set a new record in Singapore's electoral history by becoming the first opposition party to have eight (six elected and two NCMP) seats in Parliament. Giam served as a NCMP in the 12th Parliament from 10 October 2011 to 25 August 2015. During the 2015 general election, Giam contested in East Coast GRC alongside, Daniel Goh, Leon Perera and Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff going against the

(PAP) team. The Workers' Party team lost with 39.27% of the votes. As the opposition team with third highest percentage of votes among losing candidates, Giam's team decided that it was best for Daniel Goh and Leon Perera to take the remaining NCMP seats. During the 2020 general election, Giam contested in Aljunied GRC alongside Pritam Singh, Sylvia Lim, Leon Perera and Faisal Manap after Low Thia Kiang and Chen Show Mao's retirement. They won with 59.95% of the vote against the

team. Giam was elected as Member of Parliament representing

– Punggol division of Aljunied GRC in the 14th Parliament. Giam was elected as Head, Policy Research of the Workers' Party Central Executive Committee since 2022. Giam was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) from 2020 to 2024. He was later appointed as Chairman of AHTC in 2024 and was re-appointed again on 2 June 2025. Giam is also one of the Town Councillors under the Tenders and Contracts Committee in AHTC. During the 2025 general election, Giam contested in Aljunied GRC alongside Pritam Singh, Sylvia Lim, Fadli Fawzi and Kenneth Tiong, who replaced Leon Perera following his resignation in 2023. Giam defended his seat with 59.71% of the vote against the

team. Giam continued to represent

– Punggol division of Aljunied GRC.

Personal life

Giam is a Christian. He is married to a chartered accountant with two children.

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