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Fahmi Aliman
Singaporean politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohd Fahmi bin Aliman (Jawi: محمد فهمى عليمن; born 1972)[1] is a Singaporean businessman, politician and former army colonel who served as Mayor of South East District from 2020 to 2025. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Geylang Serai division of Marine Parade GRC from 2020 to 2025.
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Early life and education
Fahmi was born in 1972 in Singapore to a father who was a gas checker and a mother who was a cleaner, and has two siblings.[2]
He attended Jubilee Primary School and Jurong Secondary School before graduating from Ngee Ann Polytechnic with a diploma.[2]
Fahmi subsequently went on to complete a Bachelor of Engineering with honours degree at the University of Liverpool.[2] He also has a graduate diploma from the National University of Singapore in defence technological science.[2]
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Military career
Fahmi served in the Singapore Army for 26 years and attained the rank of Colonel.[3] He was deployed for six months to Blangpidie, Sumatra, Indonesia for the Aceh Monitoring Mission in 2005, and six months in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2012 as part of Singapore's contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).[3][4] He was awarded Pingat Penghargaan (Tentera) in 2014 and Long Service Medal (Military) in 2017.[5] In 2011, Fahmi served as the Parade Commander for National Day Parade. In 2018, Fahmi was Singapore Armed Forces' (SAF) Mission Commander to the Humanitarian Aid to Laos.[6]
In 2019, Fahmi left the SAF and had a brief stint as the deputy chief executive of Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS), before leaving to join the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) as Director of the Administration and Research Unit in March 2020.[citation needed]
Political career
Fahmi made his political debut in the 2020 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Marine Parade GRC led by Speaker of the 13th Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin against the Workers' Party which included former NCMP Yee Jenn Jong.[7][8] His running mates were Tan Chuan-Jin, Seah Kian Peng, Tan See Leng, and Edwin Tong.[7] On 11 July 2020, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Geylang Serai ward of Marine Parade GRC after the PAP team garnered 57.76% of the valid votes.[9] Fahmi replaced Fatimah Lateef. He was also elected Mayor of the South East District replacing Maliki Osman who was promoted as full-time minister.[10][11]
Fahmi was appointed as Marine Parade Town Council (MPTC) Vice-Chairperson since 2015.
Fahmi, as an MP also working for NTUC, is a labour MP as defined by the Singaporean media.[12] In October 2024, ChannelNewsAsia noted that none of the labour MPs filed any questions or spoke during the parliamentary debate concerning the controversial deal to sell a controlling 51% stake in NTUC Enterprise subsidiary Income Insurance to Allianz.[13]
Fahmi retired from politics on 20 April 2025 and was replaced by Diana Pang.[14][15] He was also replaced as Mayor of the South East District on 23 May 2025 by new MP Dinesh Vasu Dash.[16]
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Personal life
Fahmi is married and has four children. He is also the football advisor for Singapore Premier League club Geylang International.
Awards
Commendation Medal (Military) in 2014
Long Service Medal (Military) in 2017
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