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Lim Swee Say

Politician

Lim Swee Say 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	Lim Swee Say · לים סווי סאי · ليم سوى قل · ليم سوي ساي · লিম সুই সাই · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Lìm Sui-sên · Lîm Sūi-seⁿ · 林瑞生				[sources]
Weak alias	린루이성				[sources]
Birth date	1954-07-13				[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	Swee Say				[sources]
Last name	Lim				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6548759				[sources]
Position	Member of the Parliament of Singapore · Parliament (member, 2002-2006) · Parliament (member, 2006-2011) · Parliament (member, 2011-2015) · Parliament (member, 2016-)				[sources]
Education	Catholic High School · Loughborough University · Stanford University				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-28	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

former Singaporean politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Parliament of Singapore	2006-11-02	2011-04-19
Member of Parliament

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,790

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Every Politician58,326

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-ca36788c-596d-423b-9ed0-8e687edb5c2a · sg-gov-32e075d9fd777217700cb6a739054431ec7e0f58

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