Kenneth Jeyaretnam
| Kenneth Jeyaretnam | |
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Jeyaretnam at a Reform Party rally at Speakers' Corner on 15 January 2011
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| Secretary-General of the Reform Party | |
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Assumed office 10 April 2009 |
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| Chairman | Andy Zhu |
| Preceded by | J. B. Jeyaretnam |
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| Born | 1959 (age 57–58) Singapore |
| Nationality | Singapore |
| Children | Jared Jeyaretnam |
| Parents |
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam (deceased); Margaret Cynthia Walker (deceased) |
| Relatives | Philip Jeyaretnam |
| Education |
Queens' College, Cambridge; Amsterdam Institute of Finance; Charterhouse School; United World College of South East Asia; St Andrew's School |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Anglican |
Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam (born 1959) is a Singaporean politician. He is the Secretary-General of the Reform Party and the eldest son of J. B. Jeyaretnam.
Jeyaretnam was born in 1959 in Singapore. He is the eldest child of J. B. Jeyaretnam (sometimes known as "JBJ") and Margaret Cynthia Walker. His parents met in the United Kingdom in 1950 while studying law at University College London. J. B. Jeyaretnam, a barrister, became one of Singapore's most well-known opposition politicians and democracy advocates and was the first opposition member ever to be elected to Singapore's Parliament in 1981. Margaret Walker was a lawyer originally from England was later one of the first women lawyers in Singapore and Registrar of the Diocese of Singapore and Malaysia. Jeyaretnam was followed by a brother who died at birth, and then by Philip Jeyaretnam who was born in 1964. Jeyaretnam is now married to Amanda Jeyaretnam, with a son, Jared.
In Singapore, Jeyaretnam attended St Andrew's School, followed by the United World College of South East Asia. He attended Charterhouse School in England from 1975-77. From 1978-80 he returned to Singapore for compulsory military service, officially known as National Service (NS) in Singapore. From 1980-83, he attended Queens' College, the University of Cambridge, where he read economics and graduated with Double First Class Honours. Jeyaretnam is also an alumnus of the Amsterdam Institute of Finance.
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