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'''Raeesah Begum Farid Khan''' (born 1994) is a [[Singaporean]] [[activist]] and [[politician]] of the [[Workers' Party of Singapore|Workers' Party]].<ref name="raeesah">{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title= Raeesah Begum Bte Farid Khan|url= https://www.wp.sg/candidates/raeesah-begum-bte-farid-khan/|work= |location= |access-date= 11 July 2020}}</ref>
'''Raeesah Begum Farid Khan''' (born 1994) is a [[Singaporean]] [[activist]] and [[politician]] of the [[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]].<ref name="raeesah">{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title= Raeesah Begum Bte Farid Khan|url= https://www.wp.sg/candidates/raeesah-begum-bte-farid-khan/|work= |location= |access-date= 11 July 2020}}</ref> She was elected into the [[Parliament of Singapore]] as a representative for the [[Sengkang Group Representation Constituency]] following the [[2020 Singaporean general election]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=ELD {{!}} 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results|url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/finalresults2020.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710211514/https://www.eld.gov.sg/finalresults2020.html|archive-date=2020-07-10|access-date=2020-07-10|website=www.eld.gov.sg}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==

Revision as of 01:55, 11 July 2020

Raeesah Begum Farid Khan
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Sengkang GRC
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byConstituency established
Personal details
Born1994 (age 30–31)
Singapore
CitizenshipSingaporean
Political partyWorkers' Party
Alma materMurdoch University
OccupationActivist, politician

Raeesah Begum Farid Khan (born 1994) is a Singaporean activist and politician of the Workers' Party.[1] She was elected into the Parliament of Singapore as a representative for the Sengkang Group Representation Constituency following the 2020 Singaporean general election.[2]

Career

Raeesah has been an activist since she was 17, mainly focusing on refugee issues.[1] Prior to entering politics, she studied economics and marketing at Murdoch University.[3] She is also the founder of the Reyna Movement.[1][3]

In the 2020 Singaporean general election, she contested for the Sengkang GRC under the banner of the Workers' Party. She is also the youngest candidate of the party.[3] She was subsequently elected with 52.13% of the votes.[4]

Controversy

Shortly before the 2020 election, Raeesah faced criticisms after her comments which she had made years earlier during the midst of the City Harvest Church scandal resurfaced.[5] According to the Singapore Police Force (SPF), she wrote a comment that the country's law is discriminating citizens while rich Chinese and white people were treated differently.[5] She later apologised for the remark.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Raeesah Begum Bte Farid Khan". Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  3. ^ a b c "WP GE 2020 candidate Raeesah Khan: Being an elected official does not make one "more important than the person cleaning our tables"". 29 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. ^ "GE2020: WP scores stunning win in Sengkang, 2nd GRC ever to be won by opposition". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "WP candidate Raeesah Khan apologises for online comments on race and religion". 6 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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