Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss

Jeannette Florina Chong-Aruldoss Yean Yoong (born 27 May 1963) is a Singaporean lawyer and politician. She started her political career by joining the Reform Party (RP) in 2009. In 2011, she left RP to join the National Solidarity Party (NSP) where she served as the NSP's secretary-general from October 2013 to January 2015. In April 2015, Chong-Aruldoss left NSP, after a failed leadership challenge, to join the Singapore People's Party (SPP) which she left in 2019.

Education Chong-Aruldoss was educated at CHIJ Katong Convent before she read law at the University of Kent at Canterbury and completed a Bachelor of Laws (honours) in 1985. In 1987, she completed a Master of Laws in corporate and commercial law at the London School of Economics.

Political career Reform Party Chong-Aruldoss entered politics in 2009 and eventually became a member of the Reform Party's central executive committee. She left the Reform Party on 18 February 2011 due to "differences of opinion".

National Solidarity Party In 2011, Chong-Aruldoss joined the National Solidarity Party (NSP), and stood for election as a NSP candidate during the general election that year in Mountbatten SMC. However, she lost to Lim Biow Chuan, the candidate from the governing People's Action Party (PAP), after getting 41.38% of the vote against Lim's 58.62%.

On 27 October 2013, Chong-Aruldoss was elected the secretary-general of the NSP following the resignation of her predecessor, Hazel Poa.

In January 2015, Chong-Aruldoss challenged Sebastian Teo for the position of president of the NSP but was voted out of the NSP's central executive committee.

Singapore People's Party Chong-Aruldoss eventually left the NSP and joined the Singapore People's Party (SPP) in April 2015.

Leaving the Singapore People's Party On 2 September 2019, Chong-Aruldoss resigned from the SPP.

In October 2019, Chong-Aruldoss was seen accompanying Workers' Party members on a walkabout in the Eunos Crescent area of Marine Parade GRC.

In 2021, Chong-Aruldoss wrote an article on Medium encouraging Singaporeans to get vaccinated for COVID-19.

Personal life She is married to James Martin Aruldoss and they have four children.

On 8 August 2017, Chong-Aruldoss sustained a bruised hip after she was assaulted by fellow lawyer and politician M Ravi at The Adelphi. Court documents revealed that Ravi had gone to The Adelphi and demanded to be allowed inside Eugene Thuraisingam's law firm, where Chong-Aruldoss was working then. He had stopped her abruptly and began questioning her aggressively. When she tried to walk away, he forcefully pushed her twice, causing her to stumble backwards and fall onto the ground. After she was down, he kicked and flung her belongings scattered on the ground, and also threw a shoe in her direction while mocking her for being 'drama'. On 5 January 2018, in lieu of a jail term, Ravi was ordered to undergo an 18-month mandatory treatment for his bipolar disorder, which had led to him committing the offence, among others.