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Desmond Choo

Politician

Desmond Choo is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Desmond Choo · ديزموند تشوو · 朱倍庆				[sources]
Alias	Desmond Choo Pey Ching · 朱倍庆				[sources]
Weak alias	朱倍慶				[sources]
Birth date	1977				[sources]
Place of birth	Singapore				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Singapore				[sources]
Country	Singapore				[sources]
Citizenship	Singapore				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Desmond				[sources]
Political association	People's Action Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5264684				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Singapore (2015-2020) · Member of the Parliament of Singapore (2020-2025) · Member of the Parliament of Singapore (2025-) · Parliament (member, 2016-)				[sources]
Education	Ai Tong School · Catholic High School · National Junior College · University of Chicago				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Singapore politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Choo Wee Khiang Politician	father's brother · nephew · relative	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Parliament	-	-
Member of the Parliament of Singapore	2020-07-11	2025-04-14

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,199

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata326,266

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,084

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: sg-gov-49bc41f5597cec6acc08def14c2741bf787260f3 · evpo-3dd4a24b-00e8-4182-8da0-401f39239de4 · sg-gov-a8bb292782249ba0d46149cd7c275af29c0da741 · sg-gov-3b06bfc4d4a749fe87db51fa45b4fad1738ee914

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