Mohd Fahmi bin Aliman ( Jawi: محمد فهمى عليمن; born 1972) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of South East District since 2020. A member of the governing

People's Action Party The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and ...

(PAP), he has been the

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(MP) representing the Geylang Serai division of

Marine Parade GRC The Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the central, eastern and north-eastern areas of Singapore. The constituency consists of a section of Bedok, Chai Chee, Geylan ...

since 2020.

Early life and education

Fahmi was born in 1972 in

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to a father who was a gas checker and a mother who was a cleaner, and has two siblings. He attended Jubilee Primary School and

Jurong Secondary School Jurong Secondary School (Abbreviation: JSS) is a government secondary school in Taman Jurong, Singapore. On the request of community leaders, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew helped to establish the school in 1961 as Jurong Integrated Secondary ...

before graduating from

Ngee Ann Polytechnic Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established in 1963, the polytechnic is renowned for its business programmes. History Ngee An ...

with a

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. Fahmi subsequently went on to complete a

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with honours degree at the

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. He also has a graduate diploma from the

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in defence technological science.

Career

Military career

Fahmi served in the

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for 26 years and attained the rank

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. He was deployed for six months to

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, Sumatra, Indonesia for the

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in 2005, and six months in

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, Afghanistan in 2012 as part of Singapore's contribution to the

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(ISAF). He was awarded Pingat Penghargaan (Tentera) in 2014 and Long Service Medal (Military) in 2017. In 2019, Fahmi left the

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(SAF) and had a brief stint as the deputy chief executive of

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(MUIS), before leaving to join the

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(NTUC) as Director of the Administration and Research Unit in March 2020.

Political career

Fahmi made his political debut in the 2020 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in

against the Workers' Party. His running mates were

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, and

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. On 11 July 2020, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Geylang Serai ward of Marine Parade GRC after the PAP team garnered 57.76% of the valid votes.

Personal life

Fahmi is married to Rohana Mohd Salleh, a teacher. They have three sons and a daughter.

Awards

Pingat_Penghargaan_(Tentera)_ribbon_(from_1996)

Commendation Medal (Military) in 2014 * Long_Service_Medal_(Military)_ribbon_(from_2006)

Long Service Medal (Military) in 2017

References

External links

Mohd Fahmi Aliman
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fahmi Aliman Living people 1972 births National University of Singapore alumni Ngee Ann Polytechnic alumni Alumni of the University of Liverpool People's Action Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Singapore Singaporean people of Malay descent Singaporean Muslims