Yee Jenn Jong (; born 24 March 1965) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the opposition

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(WP), he was previously a Non-Constituency Member of the

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between 2011 and 2015.

Education

Yee studied at St Stephen's School and then St Patrick's School for his secondary education. He went on to study at Temasek Junior College. Yee later obtained a Bachelor of Science in computer science (Hons) from

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(NUS), a Master of Science in computer science from NUS and a Master of Business Administration from

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Career

Yee is also a self-styled education entrepreneur and consultant, as well as the founder of ''The Learning Grid'' and ''360 Education''. He is also the author of the book, ''Journey in Blue - A Peek into the Workers' Party of Singapore'', published in 2020 by World Scientific. He is an author in World Scientific's World of Science Comic Series with the book ''Adventures with Energy''.

Political career

Yee first stepped into politics in

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contesting in the Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency (SMC) against Charles Chong from the

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(PAP). Although he lost marginally with 48.99% of the votes, he finished as the second best loser in an election and was appointed to an NCMP position in the

. It was confirmed by Workers' Party on 13 May 2011 that Yee would be taking up the NCMP position. With Yee taking up the NCMP position together with

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, WP set a new record in the Singapore's post-independence political arena becoming the first non-ruling party to have 8 (6 MP + 2 NCMP) seats in parliament. Yee contested in a five-member WP team for

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(GRC) in the 2015 general election. The team gained 35.93% of the votes losing to the PAP team. in the 2020 general election, Yee contested in a five-member WP team for Marine Parade GRC again. The team won 42.26% of the votes losing to the PAP team, an improvement of six percent of the votes. Following this election, Yee has repeatedly stated that he has "largely retired from active politics". On 22 April 2025, a day before nomination day for the 2025 general election, Yee, in a WP's video, said he will be "... stepping up – again", fueling speculation that he will contest the election despite his previous stance. On 23 April, Yee led a team, comprising Nathaniel Koh, Paris V. Parameswari, Sufyan Mikhail Putra and Jasper Kuan to contest the

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against the PAP team. Eventually, Yee and his team lost to the PAP team led by Minister

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with 41.27% of the votes. In aftermath of his loss, Yee announced that he will not participate in further elections, but will remain with the Workers' Party.

References

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