Leader of the Opposition (Singapore)

The Leader of the Opposition is the politician who leads the largest opposition party in Singapore.

The Leader of the Opposition by convention leads the largest party not within the government: where one party wins outright this is the party leader of the second-largest political party in the Parliament of Singapore. The current Leader of the Opposition is Pritam Singh, Leader of the Workers' Party, who was elected to the leadership of the Workers' Party on 8 April 2018.

Seating in Parliament

The Leader of the Opposition sits on the left side of the Parliament chamber, directly opposite the Prime Minister of Singapore and for a short time in the 13th Parliament, the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore.

Salary and Remuneration

The Leader of the Opposition does not draw a salary from this post. He is entitled to the same salary and remuneration with the rest of the members of Parliament.

List of Opposition Leaders

#	Leader of the Opposition		Party		Took office	Left office	Parliament
1	Lee Kuan Yew in 1965	Lee Kuan Yew Template:Small	bgcolor="Template:People's Action Party/meta/color" |	People's Action Party	22 April 1955	31 March 1959	1st Legislative Assembly
2		Lim Yew Hock Template:Small	bgcolor="Template:Singapore People's Alliance/meta/color" |	Singapore People's Alliance	1 July 1959	3 September 1963	2nd Legislative Assembly
3		Lim Huan Boon	bgcolor="Template:Barisan Sosialis/meta/color" |	Barisan Sosialis	22 October 1963	31 December 1965	3rd Legislative Assembly 1st Parliament
–	No Leader of the Opposition during 1966–1968, as Barisan Sosialis leaders were not represented in the legislature.						1st Parliament
	No Leader of the Opposition during 1968–1980, as there was no elected Opposition in Parliament.						2nd Parliament
							3rd Parliament
							4th Parliament
4		Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam Template:Small	rowspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Workers' Party of Singapore/meta/color" |	Workers' Party	22 December 1981	4 December 1984	5th Parliament
			25 February 1985		10 November 1986	6th Parliament
5	File:ChiamSeeTong-SDARally-20060502.jpg	Chiam See Tong Template:Small	rowspan=3 bgcolor="Template:Singapore Democratic Party/meta/color |	Singapore Democratic Party	10 November 1986		17 August 1988
			9 January 1989		14 August 1991	7th Parliament
			6 January 1992		17 May 1993	8th Parliament
6		Ling How Doong Template:Small	bgcolor="Template:Singapore Democratic Party/meta/color" |	Singapore Democratic Party	17 May 1993		16 December 1996
7	File:ChiamSeeTong-SDARally-20060502.jpg	Chiam See Tong Template:Small	bgcolor="Template:Singapore People's Party/meta/color" |	Singapore People's Party	26 May 1997	18 October 2001	9th Parliament
			bgcolor="Template:Singapore Democratic Alliance/meta/color" |	Singapore Democratic Alliance	25 March 2002	20 April 2006	10th Parliament
8	File:Low Thia Khiang 2011.JPG	Low Thia Khiang Template:Small	rowspan=3 bgcolor="Template:Workers' Party of Singapore/meta/color |	Workers' Party	2 November 2006	19 April 2011	11th Parliament
			10 October 2011		25 August 2015	12th Parliament
			15 January 2016		8 April 2018	13th Parliament
9	File:Pritam Singh at the Workers' Party general election rally, Serangoon Stadium, Singapore - 20110505.jpg	Pritam Singh Template:Small	bgcolor="Template:Workers' Party of Singapore/meta/color |	Workers' Party	8 April 2018		Incumbent

See also

• Leader of the Opposition