Gerald Giam Yean Song is a Singaporean politician from the Workers' Party

Workers' Party of Singapore

The Workers' Party of Singapore is a centre-left opposition political party in Singapore. The party currently has six elected seats in Parliament, with the party's Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang, Chairman Sylvia Lim, Chen Show Mao, Muhamad Faisal Manap and Pritam Singh serving as Members of...

 who is currently a Non-constituency Member of Parliament

Non-Constituency Member of Parliament

Non-Constituency Members of Parliament are members of the opposition parties who are appointed as members of the Parliament of Singapore even though they had lost in the parliamentary election....

 (NCMP) of the 12th Parliament of Singapore.

Political career

Gerald first stepped into the political world in 2011 contesting as one of 5 members, of a Workers' Party team led by Eric Tan Heng Chong which included Png Eng Huat, Glenda Han Su May and Mohamed Fazli bin Talip, in the East Coast Group Representation Constituency

East Coast Group Representation Constituency

East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency in the eastern area of Singapore. The areas of the Group Representation Constituency consists of East Coast, Bedok, Changi-Simei, Fengshan, Siglap, Kampong Chai Chee and offshore islands of Pulau...

 (East Coast GRC). They contested against a team from the People's Action Party

People's Action Party

The People's Action Party is the leading political party in Singapore. It has been the city-state's ruling political party since 1959....

 which was led by Minister Lim Swee Say

Lim Swee Say

Lim Swee Say is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently a Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and the Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress....

 together with Lee Yi Shyan

Lee Yi Shyan

Lee Yi Shyan is a Singaporean Member of Parliament who represents East Coast GRC. He is also currently the Minister of State for Trade & Industry and National Development...

, Lim Siang Keat Raymond

Lim Siang Keat Raymond

Raymond Lim Siang Keat is a politician from Singapore. He is currently a member of the governing People's Action Party and was previously the country's Minister for Transport....

, Modh Maliki bin Osman

Maliki Osman

Dr Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman is a Singaporean politician. Maliki is a politician from the governing People's Action Party and was elected as a Member of Parliament for the East Coast GRC in the 2011 General Elections...

, and Tan Soon Neo Jessica. Although, the Workers' Party team fell short obtaining a credible 45.17% of the votes, they nevertheless were entitled to an NCMP position as third best loser in an election whereby less than 9 non-ruling party Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MPs) made it to parliament.

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

Yee Jenn Jong

Yee Jenn Jong is a Singaporean politician from the Workers' Party of Singapore who is currently a Non-constituency Member of Parliament of the 12th Parliament of Singapore.-Political career:...

, Workers' Party 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.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California
  University of Southern California
  The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...