Christopher De Souza Parents: Meet Patricia and Timothy De Souza
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In 2002, De Souza began working for Chief Justice Yong Pung How as a Justice’s Law Clerk in the Singapore Legal Service.
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Before becoming a Magistrate at the Subordinate Courts and Assistant Registrar at the High Court between 2005 and 2006, he worked as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel at the Attorney-General’s Chambers between 2004 and 2005.
Prior to becoming a partner in 2008, De Souza joined Lee & Lee in 2006 as a Senior Associate. He left Lee & Lee in 2011 and became a Partner at WongPartnership. He left WongPartnership in 2015 and joined Lee & Lee once more as a Partner.
A Disciplinary Tribunal of the Law Society of Singapore found De Souza guilty of professional misconduct in 2022 for aiding a client in t he concealing of evidence.
In the 2006 general election, De Souza entered politics when he joined a five-person People’s Action Party (PAP) team running in the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.
De Souza thereafter became a Member of Parliament for the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC’s Ulu Pandan ward when the PAP team won in an uncontested walkover.
De Souza joined the four-person PAP team running in the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC during the 2011 general election.
De Souza remained to represent the Ulu Pandan ward of Holland-Bukit Timah GRC as a member of parliament after they defeated the Singapore Democratic Party with 60.08% of the vote.
In the ensuing general elections in 2015 and 2020, where the PAP team in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC triumphed over the Singapore Democratic Party with 66.60% and 66.36% of the vote, respectively, he kept his parliamentary seats.
De Souza has been a member of many Government Parliamentary Committees (GPCs) since 2006. From 2011 to 2015, he served as the GPC on Manpower’s deputy chairman, and as of 2015, he has been the GPC on Home Affairs and Law’s chairman.
He was a Young Global Leader nominee at the World Economic Forum in 2009. De Souza and Jessica Tan were chosen to serve as Deputy Speakers of Parliament on August 31, 2020.
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