Charles Yeo

Charles Yeo Yao Hui is a Singaporean lawyer and politician, and a member of the opposition Reform Party (RP). He is the chairman of the Reform Party. [1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yeo.
Charles Yeo
5th Chairman of the Reform Party of Singapore
Assumed office
5 August 2020
Secretary GeneralKenneth Jeyaretnam
Preceded byAndy Zhu
Personal details
Born
Charles Yeo Yao Hui

1990 (age 30–31)
Singapore
Political partyReform Party
Alma materUniversity of Warwick (LLB)
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician

Political career

Since June 2019, Yeo has been on the central executive committee of Reform Party (RP). On 5 August 2020, he was appointed to be chairman of RP.[1]

2020 General Election

Yeo was part of the Reform Party team which contested the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency during the 2020 Singaporean general election, running against the People's Action Party team which led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and his team was defeated.[2]

Constituency broadcast and Internet meme

Yeo reached national prominence following the Reform Party's constituency broadcast for Ang Mo Kio GRC. Due to the absence of other team members, Yeo attempted to deliver his party's broadcast in Mandarin. His attempt became viral due to his non-fluency and amusing phraseology in Mandarin, something which sparked many internet memes and even drew comment from the Prime Minister's wife Ho Ching.[3]

References
  1. "Charles Yeo becomes Reform Party chairman, party to conduct GE2020 post-mortem". Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  2. "GE2020 official results: PAP wins Ang Mo Kio GRC with 72% against Reform Party". The Straits Times. July 11, 2020.
  3. "Ho Ching defends Reform Party's Charles Yeo's Mandarin-speaking skills". Mothership. July 11, 2020.
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