Jamus Lim

Jamus Jerome Lim Chee Wui (born 20 January 1976) is a Singaporean politician, economist and associate professor. A member of the Workers' Party (WP), Lim has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Anchorvale division of Sengkang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2020.

Early life and career Lim attended Catholic High School, Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College as part of his early education in Singapore. In 2018, Lim graduated from Harvard Extension School with a Master of Liberal Arts degree in history.

Lim started his career at JP Morgan, before working at the World Bank for seven years, from 2007 to 2014, serving in its Development Prospects Group and specialising in long-term macroeconomic projections. He was an economist at the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Lim is an associate professor of economics at ESSEC Business School in Singapore. On 23 July 2020, Lim was elected to the council of the Economic Society of Singapore (ESS).

Political career

Lim became a member of the WP in September 2019, having previously volunteered in the party's grassroots activities.

On 1 July 2020, Lim engaged in a televised political debate with Francis Yuen from the Progress Singapore Party (PSP), Chee Soon Juan from the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and Minister Vivian Balakrishnan from the governing People's Action Party (PAP). His performance at the debate was well-received, with PN Balji of The New Paper writing that he was "smelling of roses" and Toh Wen Li of The Straits Times describing Lim as the "star candidate" of the party.

On 10 July 2020, following the results of the 2020 general election, Lim and his team were elected into Parliament after securing 52.12% of the vote, defeating Ng Chee Meng and his PAP team in an upset victory that secured a second GRC for the opposition.

On 27 December 2020, Lim was elected as Deputy Head of the Policy Research Team of the WP's Central Executive Committee (CEC).

In June 2024, Lim was elected as WP's Youth Wing President replacing Nicole Seah who resigned over a extramarital affair with fellow MP Leon Perera. He served as youth wing president until June 2025 when he was replaced by non-constituency MP (NCMP) Eileen Chong. Lim subsequently became the Deputy Head of Policy Research.

During the 2025 general election, Lim was in a four-member WP team and contested in Sengkang GRC with He Ting Ru, Louis Chua, and Abdul Muhaimin and won the GRC with 56.32% of the votes. Lim was elected as Member of Parliament representing Sengkang GRC in the 15th Parliament.

Political positions On 3 September 2020, Lim gave his maiden speech in Parliament. He asserted that there was "insufficient compassion in our policymaking process" and proposed that Singapore could implement a "simple, across-the-board minimum wage".

On 11 July 2023, Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin made a public apology to Lim after a clip of him using unparliamentary language during a 17 April parliamentary sitting was shared on Reddit; Tan had muttered "fucking populist" shortly after a 20-minute speech by Lim on the establishment of an official poverty line. Lim accepted Tan's apology.

Personal life When young, Lim was a rugby player, drummer, and self-declared "Solitaire junkie".

Selected works and publications