Omie Singh

Aumsensingh "Omie" Singh (born 22 June 1957) is a South African politician and businessman from KwaZulu-Natal. From 2014 to 2019, he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Council of Provinces, where he co-chaired Parliament's Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests. Before that, he served in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2001 to 2014 and in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2001. Having entered politics as a member of the Democratic Party (DP), he joined the ANC by floor-crossing in March 2003.

Early life and career Born on 22 June 1957 in Durban, Singh attended Chatsworth High School. He joined the Progressive Federal Party, a predecessor to the DP, in 1986. He was a businessman until he became involved in frontline politics after the end of apartheid. when he was elected to a DP seat in the KwaZulu-Natal caucus of the National Assembly. He served in the seat for a little over two years, leaving on 1 October 2001 to join the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, where he swopped seats with Mark Lowe. He served the rest of the legislative term under the ANC banner and was re-elected to a full term in the seat, on the ANC's party list, in the 2004 general election. He was re-elected in 2009.

In the 2014 general election, Singh was elected to the KwaZulu-Natal caucus of the National Council of Provinces. He left Parliament after the 2019 general election and retired from frontline politics, though he was active as president of the KwaZulu-Natal International Business Association, as well as active in community organising in Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal.