Chen Show Mao

Chen Show Mao, J.D.is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He is a member of the opposition Workers' Party, and has been a Member of Parliament for the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency since 7 May 2011.He is in charge of the Paya Lebar ward, replacing PAP's Cynthia Phua.On 1 July 2011, Chen announced on his Facebook page that he had retired from active practice as partner of his law firm given his new responsibilities as MP. The decision was made so that he can spend more time with his family, to better serve his constituency and country, and that he would be exploring alternative work arrangements.On 7 May 2011, Chen and his Workers' Party team won the Aljunied GRC with 54.71% of the total votes cast, with Yeo's PAP team obtaining 45.29% of the votes. The victory was considered historic because it was the first time in history that a GRC had been captured by an opposition party, and the first time ever that two cabinet ministers had lost their seats in a general election. Chen became the first foreign-born opposition MP in the history of Singapore, while his teammates Sylvia Lim and Muhamad Faisal Manap became the first-ever female opposition MP and the first-ever Malay opposition MP respectively, since independence.  Also, together with Pritam Singh and Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap, he became the first 3 opposition MPs to be elected into parliament at the first attempt.On 15 October 2011, It was announced that Chen was nominated to sit on the Committee of Selection, making him the first non-People's Action Party MP to be named to this committee since Singapore's independence.