Murali Pillai information

The Honourable
Murali Pillai
SC
The Honourable Murali Pillai SC
முரளி பிள்ளை
	Pillai in 2021
Minister of State for Transport
	Designate
	Assumed office ; 1 July 2024
Prime Minister	Lawrence Wong
Minister	Chee Hong Tat
Minister of State for Law
	Designate
	Assumed office ; 1 July 2024
Prime Minister	Lawrence Wong
Minister	K. Shanmugam
Member of Parliament; for Bukit Batok SMC
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 May 2016
Preceded by	David Ong
Majority	2,712 (9.60%)
Personal details
Born	K. Muralidharan Pillai; 30 October 1967 (age 56); Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Spouse	N. Gowri
Alma mater	National University of Singapore (LLB, LLM, MBA); University of California, Los Angeles (MBA)
Occupation	Politician; lawyer;

K. Muralidharan Pillai SC (Tamil: முரளி பிள்ளை, romanized: Muraḷi Piḷḷai; born 30 October 1967),^[1] better known as Murali Pillai, is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Bukit Batok SMC since 2016.

Pillai previously worked in the Singapore Police Force^[1]^[2]^[3] before he became a practising lawyer in 1996. He is currently a partner in Commercial Litigation practice at Rajah & Tann.

Pillai joined the People's Action Party (PAP) in 2001 and was the branch secretary to Ong Chit Chung, Member of Parliament for Bukit Batok. He was part of a five-member PAP team who contested and narrowly lost^[4] to the Workers' Party in Aljunied GRC during the 2015 general election. In 2016, Pillai was once again fielded in as a PAP candidate for the Bukit Batok by-election. He won 61.2% of the votes, securing his position as a Member of Parliament for Bukit Batok SMC. He is also an advisor of Bukit Batok SMC Grassroots Organisation.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Murali Pillai" (PDF). People's Action Party. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
^ "K. Muralidharan Pillai". Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
^ Wong, Casandra. "All in a day's work for 'Ah Mu': Painting walls, playing a piano, doing push-ups". Today. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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[CV-1] "Murali Pillai" (PDF). People's Action Party. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

[rajah-2] "K. Muralidharan Pillai". Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

[AhMu-3] Wong, Casandra. "All in a day's work for 'Ah Mu': Painting walls, playing a piano, doing push-ups". Today. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

[branchchair-4] Cite error: The named reference branchchair was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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