16 Facts About Desmond Lim

Desmond Lim Bak Chuan is a Singaporean politician.

Desmond Lim was formerly the chairperson of the Singapore Justice Party, a political party in Singapore.

Desmond Lim was the Singapore Democratic Alliance, a political alliance of several political parties in Singapore including SJP, SDA secretary-general from 2009 to 2011 and its chairman in 2011 to 2020.

Since then, Desmond Lim had contested in all the subsequent general elections and one by-election in 2013.

Desmond Lim was initially considered a protege of Chiam See Tong until they had a falling-out in 2011, which led to Chiam and the SPP withdrawing from the SDA.

Desmond Lim is known for his willingness to attempt new methods of campaigning and has described himself as "dedicated and determined".

Desmond Lim holds a Master of Engineering Management from the University of Wollongong.

Desmond Lim had been a principal engineer at the telecommunication company M1.

Desmond Lim was the chairman of the Singapore Justice Party and left SJP for SPP in 1996.

Desmond Lim became the assistant secretary-general of the Singapore People's Party from December 1997 to 2006.

Desmond Lim made his electoral debut during the 2001 general election when he joined a five-member SDA team to contest in Jalan Besar GRC against a five-member team from the governing People's Action Party.

At the time, Desmond Lim was assistant secretary-general of the SDA.

SPP founder and chairman Sin Kek Tong said Chiam's move is due to Desmond Lim opposing Reform Party joining the SDA.

However, in a SDA council meeting held shortly after, the council rejected the decision of Chiam and Desmond Lim remained as the secretary-general.

Desmond Lim announced his decision to contest as a SDA candidate in the by-election, which turned out to be a four-cornered fight pitting Desmond Lim against three other candidates: Koh Poh Koon of PAP; Lee of WP; and Kenneth Jeyaretnam of RP.

In 2020, Desmond Lim announced that he would be stepping down from his position as SDA chairman after the general election that year.