Hany Soh

Hany Soh Hui Bin (born 24 June 1987) is a Singaporean lawyer and politician currently serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodgrove for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC since 10 July 2020. She is the vice chairman of the Marsiling-Yew Tee Town Council.

The Honourable

Hany Soh Hui Bin

MP
苏慧敏
Member of the Parliament (Woodgrove)
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byOng Teng Koon (PAP)
ConstituencyMarsiling-Yew Tee GRC
Personal details
Born (1987-06-24) 24 June 1987
Singapore
CitizenshipSingaporean
Political partyPeople's Action
Alma materTemasek Polytechnic
University of Liverpool
OccupationLawyer, politician

Education

Soh studied at Bendemeer Secondary School.[1][2] After passing her O Level, she studied Diploma in Law & Management at Temasek Polytechnic.[1][3][2] She later graduated with a Bachelor of Laws at University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom.[1][3]

Career

In 2016, she joined MSC Law Corporation and the next year, she became its director.[1]

Political career

Since 2011, Soh has been volunteering in Bukit Panjang.[4] In 2013, she subsequently became an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court.[1][3] In 2014, she established the first Community Legal Clinic in a Residents’ Committee (RC) centre of the country.[1][4] Soh joined the People’s Action Party (PAP) in 2012 and was the Young PAP Chairman of the Bukit Panjang PAP Branch from 2015 to 2018. She was also elected into the PAP HQ 2017/2018 Executive Committee.[1][3]

In the 2020 Singaporean general election, she was nominated as one of the candidates for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC.[2] On 5 July, during the campaign, she fell down and fractured her foot.[5][6] Soh was elected to the Parliament, defeating the candidates from the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) with 63.18% of the vote.[7]

References
  1. "PAP's new GE2020 candidate Hany Soh is a Normal-stream student-turned-lawyer". 24 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. "Singapore GE2020: Lawrence Wong continues to head PAP's Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC team, new face Hany Soh replaces Ong Teng Koon". 28 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. "Hany Soh". Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. "GE2020: PAP's new prospective candidates include former public servants, lawyer and banker". 24 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. "PAP Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC new candidate Hany Soh fractures foot during house visits". 6 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. "PAP new face Hany Soh fractures foot on house visits". 7 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. "GE2020 official results: PAP team led by Lawrence Wong beats SDP in Marsiling-Yew Tee with 63.18% of votes". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by
Ong Teng Koon		 Member of Parliament for
Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC (Woodgrove)
2020 – present		 Incumbent
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