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| name = Amrin Amin
| name = Amrin Amin
| native_name = امرين أمين
| native_name =
| image =
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| alt =
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| office = Senior Parliamentary Secretary, <br /> [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Ministry for Home Affairs]]
| office = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs]]
| alongside = [[Sun Xueling]]
| alongside = [[Sun Xueling]]
| primeminister = [[Lee Hsien Loong]]
| primeminister = [[Lee Hsien Loong]]
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| term_start = 1 May 2018
| term_start = 1 May 2018
| term_end = 26 July 2020
| term_end = 26 July 2020
| office2 = Parliamentary Secretary, <br /> [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Ministry for Home Affairs]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health]]
| primeminister2 = [[Lee Hsien Loong]]
| primeminister1 = Lee Hsien Loong
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| minister2 = [[K. Shanmugam]]
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| term_start2 = 1 October 2015
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| term_end2 = 30 April 2018
| office1 = Senior Parliamentary Secretary, <br /> [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Ministry for Health]]
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| primeminister1 = [[Lee Hsien Loong]]
| minister1 = [[Gan Kim Yong]]
| minister1 = [[Gan Kim Yong]]
| term_start1 = 1 May 2018
| term_start1 = 1 May 2018
| term_end1 = 26 July 2020
| term_end1 = 26 July 2020
| successor1 = [[Rahayu Mahzam]]
| successor1 = [[Rahayu Mahzam]]
| office3 = Parliamentary Secretary, <br /> [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Ministry for Health]]
| office2 = [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Parliamentary Secretary for Health]]
| primeminister3 = [[Lee Hsien Loong]]
| primeminister2 = Lee Hsien Loong
| minister3 = [[Gan Kim Yong]]
| minister2 = Gan Kim Yong
| term_start3 = 1 May 2017
| term_start2 = 1 May 2017
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| term_end2 = 30 April 2018
| office3 = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs]]
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| primeminister3 = Lee Hsien Loong
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| minister3 = K. Shanmugam
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| term_start3 = 1 October 2015
| term_end3 = 30 April 2018
| term_end3 = 30 April 2018
| constituency_MP4 = [[Sembawang Group Representation Constituency|Sembawang GRC]] <br /> (Woodlands)
| constituency_MP4 = [[Sembawang Group Representation Constituency|Sembawang GRC]]<br />(Woodlands)
| parliament4 = Singapore
| term_start4 = 11 September 2015
| term_start4 = 11 September 2015
| term_end4 = 23 June 2020
| term_end4 = 23 June 2020
| predecessor4 = [[Ellen Lee]]
| predecessor4 = [[Ellen Lee]] ([[People's Action Party|PAP]])
| successor4 = [[Mariam Jaafar]]
| successor4 = [[Mariam Jaafar]] ([[People's Action Party|PAP]])
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|10|04}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|10|05}}
| birth_place = [[Singapore]]
| birth_place = [[Singapore]]
| death_date =
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| alma_mater = [[National University of Singapore]]<br>[[Columbia University]]
| alma_mater = [[National University of Singapore]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])<br />[[Columbia University]] ([[Master of Laws|LLM]])
| occupation = Solicitor
| occupation =
| profession = Lawyer
| profession = {{hlist|Solicitor|lawyer}}
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{{Malay name|Amrin|Amin}}


'''Mohamed Amrin bin Mohamed Amin''' is a Singaporean solicitor, lawyer and politician. A member of the governing [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), he was the [[Parliament of Singapore|Member of Parliament]] (MP) representing the Woodlands ward of [[Sembawang GRC]] between 2015 and 2020.
'''Mohamed Amrin bin Mohamed Amin''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: '''امرين أمين''') is a [[Singaporean]] businessman, [[politician]], and former [[lawyer]].


A member of the governing [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), he was the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Sembawang Group Representation Constituency|Sembawang GRC]] (Woodlands) from 11 September 2015 to 23 June 2020. He was also Senior Parliamentary Secretary in the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Ministry for Home Affairs]] and the [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Ministry for Health]] from 1 May 2018 to 26 July 2020. Prior to his promotions, he was Parliamentary Secretary in the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Ministry for Home Affairs]] from 1 October 2015 to 30 April 2018 and the [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Ministry for Health]] from 1 October 2017 to 30 April 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/prime-minister-lee-hsien/2154802.html | title=Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet | publisher=Channel NewsAsia | date=28 September 2015 | access-date=28 September 2015}}</ref>
Amrin served as [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs]] between 2015 and 2018,<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 2021 |title='Not so easy to knock me off': Former MP Amrin Amin not giving up |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/not-so-easy-to-knock-me-off-former-mp-amrin-amin-not-giving-up-055747531.html |access-date=18 November 2024 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-SG}}</ref> and [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Parliamentary Secretary for Health]] between 2017 and 2018 and [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health]] concurrently between 2018 and 2020, .<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/prime-minister-lee-hsien/2154802.html | title=Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet | publisher=Channel NewsAsia | date=28 September 2015 | access-date=28 September 2015}}</ref>


In the [[2020 Singaporean general election]], he was in the newly formed PAP team, led by [[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Minister in the Prime Minister's Office]] [[Ng Chee Meng]], and failed to be elected in the newly-established [[Sengkang Group Representation Constituency|Sengkang GRC]], losing to the opposition [[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]] (WP) team helmed by [[He Ting Ru]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mothership.sg/2020/07/amrin-amin-sengkang-grc/|title=Amrin Amin on losing in Sengkang GRC: 'I’ve tried my best'|website=mothership.sg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mothership.sg/2020/07/amrin-sengkang-grc-response/|title=Sengkang GRC PAP candidate Amrin: 'Don’t write my obituary just yet'|website=mothership.sg}}</ref>
During the [[2020 Singaporean general election|2020 general election]], Amrin contested in the newly formed [[Sengkang GRC]] as part of a four-member PAP team, led by [[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Minister in the Prime Minister's Office]] [[Ng Chee Meng]], but failed to get elected after losing to the opposition [[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]] team led by [[He Ting Ru]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mothership.sg/2020/07/amrin-amin-sengkang-grc/|title=Amrin Amin on losing in Sengkang GRC: 'I've tried my best'|website=mothership.sg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mothership.sg/2020/07/amrin-sengkang-grc-response/|title=Sengkang GRC PAP candidate Amrin: 'Don't write my obituary just yet'|website=mothership.sg}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
Amrin Amin was educated at Griffiths Primary School (now known as Angsana Primary School), [[Dunman Secondary School]], and [[Tampines Junior College]]. He then read law at the [[Bachelor of Laws|bachelor]]'s level at [[National University of Singapore]], and at the [[Master of Laws|master]]'s level at [[Columbia University]] in New York.<ref name="pap2">{{cite web|url=https://www.pap.org.sg/upload/item/2015Candidate/Amrin%20Amin_CV_Statement.pdf|date=13 August 2015|author=Lilian NG (MOH)|title=AMRIN AMIN 安宁阿敏|access-date=2015-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112181734/https://www.pap.org.sg/upload/item/2015Candidate/Amrin%20Amin_CV_Statement.pdf|archive-date=12 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Amrin attended Griffiths Primary School (now Angsana Primary School), [[Dunman Secondary School]] and [[Tampines Junior College]] before graduating from the [[National University of Singapore]] with a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree.
He subsequently went on to complete a [[Master of Laws]] degree at [[Columbia University]].<ref name="pap2">{{cite web|url=https://www.pap.org.sg/upload/item/2015Candidate/Amrin%20Amin_CV_Statement.pdf|date=13 August 2015|author=Lilian NG (MOH)|title=AMRIN AMIN 安宁阿敏|access-date=30 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112181734/https://www.pap.org.sg/upload/item/2015Candidate/Amrin%20Amin_CV_Statement.pdf|archive-date=12 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Amrin was a solicitor at Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP, and was also a member of [[National Council on Problem Gambling (Singapore)|National Council on Problem Gambling]] as well as the governing board of [[Nanyang Polytechnic]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chua|first1=Grace|title=Lawyer a potential PAP candidate|url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/lawyer-potential-pap-candidate|access-date=3 June 2021}}</ref> He was a partner at the corporate practice of Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP between July and October 2015,<ref>{{cite news|title=Corp partner hire for Singapore law firm JTJB|url=http://www.legalbusinessonline.com/appointments/corp-partner-hire-singapore-law-firm-jtjb/69309|access-date=3 December 2015|publisher=Asian Legal Business|date=22 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="pap">{{cite web|url=https://www.pap.org.sg/Amrin_Amin/Article|title=People&#039;s Action Party|publisher=pap.org.sg|access-date=2015-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208165145/https://www.pap.org.sg/Amrin_Amin/Article|archive-date=2015-12-08|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="asiaone">{{cite web|url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/lawyer-potential-pap-candidate|title=Lawyer a potential PAP candidate, AsiaOne Singapore News|publisher=news.asiaone.com|access-date=2015-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yong |first1=Charissa |title=Four parliamentary secretaries sworn in at the Istana |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/four-parliamentary-secretaries-sworn-in-at-the-istana |access-date=15 June 2021 |work=The Straits Times |date=2015-10-05 |language=en}}</ref>.
Amrin was a solicitor at Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP, and was also a member of [[National Council on Problem Gambling (Singapore)|National Council on Problem Gambling]] as well as the governing board of [[Nanyang Polytechnic]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chua|first1=Grace|title=Lawyer a potential PAP candidate|url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/lawyer-potential-pap-candidate|access-date=3 June 2021}}</ref>

=== Politics ===

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Amrin became a grassroots activist in Sembawang GRC soon after the General Elections of 2011,<ref>{{cite web|title=Bicara 2015 - EP2|url=http://video.toggle.sg/en/series/bicara-2015/ep2/345568|website=Toggle|publisher=Suria|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> and in 2015, Amrin was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sembawang GRC, replacing outgoing PAP MP [[Ellen Lee]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet PAP's Sembawang GRC 'boy band'|url=http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore-news/meet-paps-sembawang-grc-boy-band|access-date=3 December 2015|publisher=The New Paper|date=14 August 2015}}</ref> He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs subsequently.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yong |first1=Charissa |title=Four parliamentary secretaries sworn in at the Istana |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/four-parliamentary-secretaries-sworn-in-at-the-istana |access-date=15 June 2021 |work=The Straits Times |date=2015-10-05 |language=en}}</ref> In the 2015 Cabinet reshuffling, he was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pmo.gov.sg/newsroom/changes-cabinet-and-other-appointments-0|title=Changes to Cabinet and other appointments|last=Katherine_Chen|date=2017-04-27|website=Prime Minister‘s Office Singapore|language=en|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>


He was a partner at the corporate practice of Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP between July and October 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Corp partner hire for Singapore law firm JTJB|url=http://www.legalbusinessonline.com/appointments/corp-partner-hire-singapore-law-firm-jtjb/69309|access-date=3 December 2015|publisher=Asian Legal Business|date=22 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="pap">{{cite web|url=https://www.pap.org.sg/Amrin_Amin/Article|title=People's Action Party|publisher=pap.org.sg|access-date=30 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208165145/https://www.pap.org.sg/Amrin_Amin/Article|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="asiaone">{{cite web|url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/lawyer-potential-pap-candidate|title=Lawyer a potential PAP candidate, AsiaOne Singapore News|publisher=news.asiaone.com|access-date=30 August 2015|archive-date=13 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213142758/http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/lawyer-potential-pap-candidate|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yong |first1=Charissa |title=Four parliamentary secretaries sworn in at the Istana |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/four-parliamentary-secretaries-sworn-in-at-the-istana |access-date=15 June 2021 |work=The Straits Times |date=5 October 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
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During the 2020 general election, Amrin contested with a PAP team in the newly created [[Sengkang Group Representation Constituency|Sengkang GRC]]. The PAP team was defeated by the Workers' Party team which had won the election with 60,136 votes (52.13%) to 55,214 votes (47.87%), resulting in an electoral defeat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2020-results-wp-projected-to-win-sengkang-grc-with-53-of-votes-based-on-sample-count|title=GE2020 official results: WP wins Sengkang GRC with 52.13% of votes, clinching its second GRC|date=July 11, 2020|website=The Straits Times}}</ref> He became the third PAP MP to lose re-election after a single term in parliament, joining [[Ng Pock Too]] and [[Seet Ai Mee]]. This was the second instance of the PAP losing a GRC to the Opposition, since their loss in 2011 to the Worker's Party in [[Aljunied Group Representation Constituency|Aljunied GRC]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/government-economy/ge2020-pap-takes-6124-of-the-valid-vote-loses-a-second-grc-to-wp | title=GE2020: PAP takes 61.24% of the valid vote, loses a second GRC to WP | access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref>


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After his electoral defeat in [[Sengkang GRC]] during the [[2020 Singapore general election|2020 general election]], Amrin moved to the [[technology company|technology]] sector, and took up roles at two local firms in September 2020. He was appointed Strategy Director at robotics and automation firm Platform for Bots and Automation (PBA), and concurrently assumed a non-executive adviser position at ADERA Global, a company involved in data-security, artificial intelligence (AI), and automation.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Baharudin|first1=Hariz|date=6 September 2020|title=Former MP Amrin Amin to join 2 Singapore tech firms after Sengkang election loss|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/former-senior-parliamentary-secretary-and-mp-amrin-amin-to-join-tech-start-ups|access-date=7 May 2021|website=The Straits Times}}</ref>
Amrin continues to serve in Sengkang GRC as an unelected representative of the PAP.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amrin Amin |url=https://www.pap.org.sg/representative/amrin-amin/ |website=People's Action Party |access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref>


==Political career==
=== Outside politics ===
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Amrin became a PAP activist in Sembawang GRC soon after the [[2011 Singaporean general election|2011 general election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bicara 2015 - EP2|url=http://video.toggle.sg/en/series/bicara-2015/ep2/345568|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016010540/http://video.toggle.sg/en/series/bicara-2015/ep2/345568|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 October 2015|website=Toggle|publisher=Suria|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> He made his political debut in the [[2015 Singaporean general election|2015 general election]] as part of a four-member PAP team contesting in [[Sembawang GRC]] and won.<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet PAP's Sembawang GRC 'boy band'|url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore-news/meet-paps-sembawang-grc-boy-band|access-date=3 December 2015|publisher=The New Paper|date=14 August 2015}}</ref> He was subsequently appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yong |first1=Charissa |title=Four parliamentary secretaries sworn in at the Istana |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/four-parliamentary-secretaries-sworn-in-at-the-istana |access-date=15 June 2021 |work=The Straits Times |date=5 October 2015 |language=en}}</ref> During a Cabinet-reshuffle in 2015, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pmo.gov.sg/newsroom/changes-cabinet-and-other-appointments-0|title=Changes to Cabinet and other appointments|last=Katherine_Chen|date=27 April 2017|website=Prime Minister's Office Singapore|language=en|access-date=21 September 2017}}</ref>


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During the 2020 general election, Amrin contested in the newly created [[Sengkang Group Representation Constituency|Sengkang GRC]] as part of a four-member PAP team and lost.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2020-results-wp-projected-to-win-sengkang-grc-with-53-of-votes-based-on-sample-count|title=GE2020 official results: WP wins Sengkang GRC with 52.13% of votes, clinching its second GRC|date=11 July 2020|website=The Straits Times}}</ref> He became the third PAP MP to lose re-election after a single term in Parliament, joining [[Ng Pock Too]] and [[Seet Ai Mee]]. This was the second instance of the PAP losing a GRC to the Opposition, since their loss in 2011 to the Worker's Party in [[Aljunied Group Representation Constituency|Aljunied GRC]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/government-economy/ge2020-pap-takes-6124-of-the-valid-vote-loses-a-second-grc-to-wp | title=GE2020: PAP takes 61.24% of the valid vote, loses a second GRC to WP | date=10 July 2020 | access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref>
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After his electoral defeat in [[Sengkang GRC]] in the [[2020 Singapore general election|2020 general election]], Amrin moved to the [[technology company|technology]] sector, and took up roles at two local firms in September 2020. He was appointed strategy director at robotics and automation firm Platform for Bots and Automation (PBA), and concurrently assumed a non-executive adviser position at ADERA Global, a company involved in data-security, artificial intelligence (AI), and automation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baharudin |first1=Hariz |title=Former MP Amrin Amin to join 2 Singapore tech firms after Sengkang election loss |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/former-senior-parliamentary-secretary-and-mp-amrin-amin-to-join-tech-start-ups |website=The Straits Times |access-date=7 May 2021 |date=6 September 2020}}</ref>


Amrin continued as PAP branch chair of Sengkang Central from 2020 to 2022. In March 2022, Amrin's branch chair was taken over by [[Elmie Nekmat]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Elangovan |first1=Navene |date=27 March 2022 |title=PAP unveils 3 new faces in Sengkang GRC, replacing Ng Chee Meng, Amrin Amin and Raymond Lye |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/pap-new-team-sengkang-grc-1856121 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218005600/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/pap-new-team-sengkang-grc-1856121 |archive-date=18 February 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023 |work=TODAY |language=en}}</ref>
In June 2021, Amrin received backlash in his commentary of a controversy surrounding the [[People's Association]]'s use of a Muslim couple's wedding photo without permission for [[Hari Raya]] decorations. Amrin called a participant on his post a "[[Snowflake (slang)|snowflake]]". He received both condemnation and support for the comment.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Daud |first1=Sulaiman |title=Amrin Amin shares PA's message denying racism, says 'don't take offence too easily snowflake' to commenter |url=https://mothership.sg/2021/06/amrin-amin-snowflake/ |access-date=15 June 2021 |work=mothership.sg |date=15 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{facebook|amrin.page}}
* {{Facebook|amrin.page}}
* {{Instagram|amrinamin}}
*[https://www.instagram.com/amrinamin/ Amrin Amin] on Instagram


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Latest revision as of 19:27, 10 December 2024

Amrin Amin
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs
In office
1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020
Serving with Sun Xueling
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterK. Shanmugam
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health
In office
1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterGan Kim Yong
Succeeded byRahayu Mahzam
Parliamentary Secretary for Health
In office
1 May 2017 – 30 April 2018
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterGan Kim Yong
Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs
In office
1 October 2015 – 30 April 2018
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterK. Shanmugam
Member of Parliament
for Sembawang GRC
(Woodlands)
In office
11 September 2015 – 23 June 2020
Preceded byEllen Lee (PAP)
Succeeded byMariam Jaafar (PAP)
Personal details
Born (1978-10-05) 5 October 1978 (age 46)
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
SpouseShariffah Nadia Aljunied
Alma materNational University of Singapore (LLB)
Columbia University (LLM)
Profession
  • Solicitor
  • lawyer
In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Amin is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Amrin.

Mohamed Amrin bin Mohamed Amin is a Singaporean solicitor, lawyer and politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Woodlands ward of Sembawang GRC between 2015 and 2020.

Amrin served as Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs between 2015 and 2018,[1] and Parliamentary Secretary for Health between 2017 and 2018 and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health concurrently between 2018 and 2020, .[2]

During the 2020 general election, Amrin contested in the newly formed Sengkang GRC as part of a four-member PAP team, led by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Ng Chee Meng, but failed to get elected after losing to the opposition Workers' Party team led by He Ting Ru.[3][4]

Education

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Amrin attended Griffiths Primary School (now Angsana Primary School), Dunman Secondary School and Tampines Junior College before graduating from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws degree.

He subsequently went on to complete a Master of Laws degree at Columbia University.[5]

Career

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Amrin was a solicitor at Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP, and was also a member of National Council on Problem Gambling as well as the governing board of Nanyang Polytechnic.[6]

He was a partner at the corporate practice of Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP between July and October 2015.[7][8][9][10]

After his electoral defeat in Sengkang GRC during the 2020 general election, Amrin moved to the technology sector, and took up roles at two local firms in September 2020. He was appointed Strategy Director at robotics and automation firm Platform for Bots and Automation (PBA), and concurrently assumed a non-executive adviser position at ADERA Global, a company involved in data-security, artificial intelligence (AI), and automation.[11]

Political career

[edit]

Amrin became a PAP activist in Sembawang GRC soon after the 2011 general election.[12] He made his political debut in the 2015 general election as part of a four-member PAP team contesting in Sembawang GRC and won.[13] He was subsequently appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs.[14] During a Cabinet-reshuffle in 2015, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Health.[15]

During the 2020 general election, Amrin contested in the newly created Sengkang GRC as part of a four-member PAP team and lost.[16] He became the third PAP MP to lose re-election after a single term in Parliament, joining Ng Pock Too and Seet Ai Mee. This was the second instance of the PAP losing a GRC to the Opposition, since their loss in 2011 to the Worker's Party in Aljunied GRC.[17]

Amrin continued as PAP branch chair of Sengkang Central from 2020 to 2022. In March 2022, Amrin's branch chair was taken over by Elmie Nekmat.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "'Not so easy to knock me off': Former MP Amrin Amin not giving up". Yahoo News. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Amrin Amin on losing in Sengkang GRC: 'I've tried my best'". mothership.sg.
  4. ^ "Sengkang GRC PAP candidate Amrin: 'Don't write my obituary just yet'". mothership.sg.
  5. ^ Lilian NG (MOH) (13 August 2015). "AMRIN AMIN 安宁阿敏" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
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Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by Member of Parliament for
Sembawang GRC (Woodlands)
2015 – 2020 		Succeeded by
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