Victor Lye
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Victor Lye | |
|---|---|
赖添发 | |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Ang Mo Kio GRC | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
| Majority | 99,688 (68.10%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph Victor Lye Thiam Fatt 1962 (age 63–64) |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
Joseph Victor Lye Thiam Fatt[a] (born 1962)[1] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Buangkok–Fernvale South division[2] of Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2025.
Lye was born in 1962 to a with 4 siblings. His family lived in a rental unit in Ang Mo Kio until they were allotted a public housing unit.[3]
Lye studied at St Joseph's Institution and was active in the alumni organising leadership talks.[4] A Colombo Plan Scholar, Lye achieved a first class honors in Economics at the University of Adelaide.[5]
Career
Lye began his career in 1987 as an Administrative Officer in the Ministry of Trade and Industry.[5] He was previously head of Singapore sales at Crosby Securities Group, which he left in 1996.[6]
Political career
Lye first volunteered as a PAP youth member in Thomson SMC in 1987, during the lead-up to the 1988 general election. Following the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Lye volunteered to write petitions at Meet-the-People Sessions hosted by then-Minister for Trade and Industry George Yeo in 1999. Lye joined the PAP in 2001.[5]
Lye was appointed in 2012 as PAP branch chairman for the Bedok Reservoir–Punggol division of Aljunied GRC.[7] He first contested in 2015 in the GRC as part of a five-member PAP team led by former Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Yeo Guat Kwang,[8] but lost with 49.05% of the vote to the incumbent Workers' Party (WP) after a recount requested by the PAP team.[9]
In 2020, Lye became the lead anchor for Aljunied GRC and contested in the ward again, losing to WP with 40.05% of the vote.[10] He was co-opted into the PAP's Central Executive Committee (CEC) in the same year.[11]
In February 2025, Lye stepped down as PAP branch chairman for Bedok Reservoir–Punggol.[12][13][14][15][16] During the 2025 general election, he was announced as part of a five-member PAP team for Ang Mo Kio GRC led by Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong.[12] Lye became a Member of Parliament after the PAP won 78.95% of the vote against the Singapore United Party (SUP) and People's Power Party (PPP).[17]
