Jeyaretnam at a Reform Party rally held at Speakers' Corner during the 2011 general election
2nd Secretary-General of the Reform Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 April 2009
Chairman
Andy Zhu (2012–2020) Charles Yeo (2020–2022) Yasmine Valentina (2022–present)
Preceded by
J. B. Jeyaretnam
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam
1959 (age 64–65) Colony of Singapore
Political party
Reform Party (2009–present)
Spouse
Amanda Jeyaretnam
(m. 1995)
Children
Jared Jeyaretnam (son)
Parents
J. B. Jeyaretnam (father)
Margaret Cynthia Walker (mother)
Relatives
Philip Jeyaretnam (brother)
Alma mater
Queens' College, Cambridge Amsterdam Institute of Finance
Occupation
Politician
hedge fund manager
Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam (born 1959) is a Singaporean politician and hedge fund manager who has been appointed as the secretary-general of the opposition Reform Party since 2009.
He is the elder son of J. B. Jeyaretnam, a prominent opposition politician in Singapore who founded the Reform Party in 2008.[1]
Jeyaretnam received a double first in economics from Cambridge,[2] and started his career in the financial sector. He worked at Wardley, Continental Bank, Banque Indosuez and Nomura International before becoming a hedge fund manager.[3]
He took up a more active role in politics after his father's death in 2008 and started leading the Reform Party. Since then, he has contested in the 2011 general election, 2013 by-elections, 2015 and 2020 general election, but lost all of them.[4][5][6][7]
^"J. B. Jeyaretnam: Politician and activist who fought all his adult life for greater democracy in Singapore". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^Cite error: The named reference GE2015: Humanising Kenneth Jeyaretnam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Upfront with The Reform Party: An exclusive interview with Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam and Mr Justin Ong". The Kent Ridge Common. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^"2011 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^"2015 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^"2020 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^"2013 PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION RESULT". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
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