Wan Rizal Wan Zakariah

Dr Wan Rizal Wan Zakariah is a Singaporean educator who has been elected as Member of Parliament for Kolam Ayer of Jalan Besar GRC into the 14th Parliament of Singapore with 2020 Singaporean general election and was appointed as the chairman of Jalan Besar Town Council.

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Wan Zakariah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Wan Rizal.
Wan Rizal Wan Zakariah
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Jalan Besar GRC
(Kolam Ayer)
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byYaacob Ibrahim (PAP)
ConstituencyJalan Besar GRC
Personal details
NationalitySingapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party (2018)
Children4
Alma materTemasek Polytechnic
Nanyang Technological University
National Institute of Education
OccupationPolitician

Early life and education

In secondary school, Wan Rizal was a Normal (Academic) student.[1] He then studied at Temasek Polytechnic.[2] He graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education at Nanyang Technological University at the age of 31 years old.[1][2] He subsequently gained a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in sports science from the National Institute of Education.[1]

Career

Wan Rizal was a physical education teacher in primary school level for two stints of five years, before he went to complete his bachelor's degree.[1] As of 2020, he is a senior lecturer in sports and exercise science at Republic Polytechnic.[1]

He was the chairman of the Al-Islah Mosque in Punggol from 2011 to 2016,[1] canvassing for donations and overseeing the construction of the new mosque.[1][3]

Politics

Wan Rizal was involved with the People's Action Party since 2018, after having helped out the then Member of Parliament Zainal Sapari at the latter's Meet-the-People sessions for a year in 2017.[1][4] He was fielded in 2020 Singaporean general election to contest in Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC) on People's Action Party's ticket against Peoples Voice.[5][6] His running mates were Josephine Teo, Denise Phua, and Heng Chee How.[7] On 11 July 2020, Wan Rizal and team were declared to be elected to represent Jalan Besar GRC in the 14th Parliament of Singapore, garnering 65.37% of the valid votes.[8]

Personal life

Wan Rizal is married with three sons and a daughter.[4][1]

References
  1. "GE2020: The new PAP candidate who went from meet-the-people sessions to a minister's ward". CNA. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. "GE 2020: LinkedIn head & Republic Poly lecturer among new PAP candidates". mothership.sg. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. "Punggol mosque named Al-Islah". AsiaOne. 3 September 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. Heng, Janice (26 June 2020). "Social issues are focus for four PAP candidates". SGSME.SG. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. "GE2020: PAP unveils seven more new faces, including Changi Airport, LinkedIn executives". CNA. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. hermesauto (30 June 2020). "GE2020: PAP to battle it out with Peoples Voice in Jalan Besar GRC". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. "GE2020: Manpower Minister Josephine Teo to lead PAP team in Jalan Besar". CNA. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  8. "GE2020 results: PAP wins Jalan Besar GRC with 65.37% of votes over Peoples Voice". AsiaOne. 11 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by
Yaacob Ibrahim		 Member of Parliament for
Jalan Besar GRC (Kolam Ayer)
2020–present		 Incumbent
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