Jamus Lim


Jamus Jerome Lim Chee Wui is a Singaporean economist and politician. A member of the Workers' Party, he was elected into the Parliament of Singapore as a representative for the Sengkang Group Representation Constituency following the 2020 Singaporean general election.

Early life and career

Lim attended Catholic High School, Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College as part of his early education in Singapore. He was also a service medic in the Singapore Armed Forces during his national service in Singapore.
Lim graduated from the University of Southern Queensland with a Bachelor of Business in economics. He then obtained a Master of Science in economics from the London School of Economics, and went on to the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in politics and a doctorate in international economics. Lim also attended Harvard University, graduating with a Master of Liberal Arts in history.
Upon graduation, Lim worked at the World Bank for seven years, serving in its Development Prospects Group and specialising in long-term macroeconomic projections. He was also an economist at the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. In 2018, he joined the Singapore-based independent investment management firm Thirdrock. Prior to entering electoral politics, Lim was also 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.

Political career

Lim became a member of the Workers' Party in September 2019, having previously volunteered in the party's grassroots activities. On 30 June 2020, he was announced as one of the party's four members contesting the newly-formed Sengkang Group Representation Constituency as part of the 2020 Singaporean general election, alongside Raeesah Khan, He Ting Ru, and Louis Chua. The team were contesting against Lam Pin Min, Ng Chee Meng, Amrin Amin and Raymond Lye of the People's Action Party.
On 1 July 2020, Lim was engaged in a televised political debate with Francis Yuen of the Progress Singapore Party, Chee Soon Juan of the Singapore Democratic Party and Vivian Balakrishnan of the People's Action Party. 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 Workers' Party.
On 10 July 2020, following the results of the 2020 Singaporean general election, Lim and his team were elected into the Parliament of Singapore after securing 52.13% of the votes from their constituency, defeating the People's Action Party in an upset victory that secured a second group representation constituency for the opposition.

Personal life

In his younger days, Lim was a rugby player, drummer, and self-declared "Solitaire junkie". He is married. His first daughter was born in December 2019.

Selected works and publications

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