Victor Lye

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lye.

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.

The Honourable Victor Lye BBM
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Lye at the Nomination Day of the 2025 general election
Member of the Singapore Parliament for Ang Mo Kio GRC
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 May 2025
Preceded by	PAP held
Majority	99,688 (68.10%)
Personal details
Born	1962 (age 62–63) Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Adelaide

Early life and education

Lye was born in 1962 to a Hakka family with 4 siblings. His family rented in Ang Mo Kio until they were allotted a public housing unit.^[3]

A Colombo Plan Scholar, Lye achieved a first class honors in Economics at the University of Adelaide.^[4]

Career

Lye began his career in 1987 as an Administrative Officer in the Ministry of Trade and Industry.^[4] He was previously head of Singapore sales at Crosby Securities Group, which he left in 1996.^[5]

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.^[4]

Lye was appointed in 2012 as PAP branch chairman for the Bedok Reservoir–Punggol division of Aljunied GRC.^[6] 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,^[7] but lost with 49.05% of the vote to the incumbent Workers' Party (WP) after a recount requested by the PAP team.^[8]

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.^[9] He was co-opted into the PAP's Central Executive Committee (CEC) in the same year.^[10]

In February 2025, Lye stepped down as PAP branch chairman for Bedok Reservoir–Punggol.^{[11][12][13][14][15]} 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.^[11] 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).^[16]

Personal life

Lye is a Roman Catholic. He is married with two children.^[4]