Christopher de Souza
Politician
1976 –
Who is Christopher de Souza?
Christopher de Souza is a member of the Singapore Parliament and a practising litigation partner at the Singapore-based law firm Wong Partnership.
He is a representative of the People's Action Party and a part of the team which won the 2011 general elections for the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC with a margin of 60.08% of the votes. He is specifically in charge of Ulu Pandan ward where he has been the Parliamentary representative since 2006.
He is currently serving on Government Parliamentary Committees on Manpower, and Home Affairs and Law. In 2009, he was nominated as a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum.
Prior to his political career, he was active in the judiciary, first serving as a Justice's Law Clerk to then Chief Justice Yong Pung How, then as Deputy Public Prosecutor, followed by State Counsel, Magistrate, and finally Assistant Registrar at the High Court of Singapore. He graduated from his LLB Class at King's College London with First Class Honours and then pursued his post-graduate studies as a Shell Scholar at the University of Oxford where he graduated with Bachelor of Civil Law with distinction.
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- Born
- Jan 21, 1976
Singapore - Spouses
- Sharon de Souza
(2005 - )
- Sharon de Souza
- Nationality
- Singapore
- Profession
- Education
- Saint Joseph's Institution Junior
(1986 - 1988) - St. Joseph's Institution, Singapore
(1989 - 1992) - Raffles Junior College
(1993 - 1994) - Bachelor of Laws, King's College London
(1997 - 2000) - Bachelor of Civil Law, University of Oxford
(2000 - 2001)
- Saint Joseph's Institution Junior
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on July 23, 2013
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