Dr Mohamad MALIKI Bin Osman
Minister of State
Ministry of National Development &
Ministry of Defence
Mayor, South East District
Republic of Singapore
Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for the
Sembawang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in 2001. He was re-elected
for a second term in May 2006.
Dr Maliki served as Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Community
Development Youth and Sports (MCYS) from Aug 2004 to Jun 2006 and the Ministry
of Health (MOH) from Aug 2004 to Oct 2005. He moved on to become Parliamentary
Secretary for Minister of National Development (MND), and was promoted to Senior
Parliamentary Secretary on 1 November 2010.
Dr Maliki was elected as one of the MPs for the East Coast GRC in the 2011
General Elections. Dr Maliki was appointed the Mayor for the Southeast District by
the People’s Association (PA). He was also re-appointed as the Senior
Parliamentary Secretary for National Development. He was concurrently appointed
as the Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Defence. He was promoted to Minister of
State on 1 Sept 2013.
Dr Maliki serves as Chairman of the Community Improvement Projects Committee
(CIPC) and the Private Estates Upgrading Programme (EUP) in the Ministry of
National Development. He is also the Deputy President of SAFRA and member of
the Committee to Strengthen National Service (CSNS) in Mindef. He is the Deputy
Chairman of the Advisory Council on Community Relations in Defence or ACCORD.
At the community level, Dr Maliki is Advisor to the Centre for Promoting Alternative to
Violence (PAVe), ADAM Association and East Coast GRCs’ Grassroots
Organisations.
Dr Maliki graduated with his Bachelor and Masters degrees from the National
University of Singapore (NUS). He obtained his doctorate in Social Work from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1998 and became an Assistant
Professor at the NUS Department of Social Work and Psychology that year.
Dr Maliki was born in Singapore in 1965. He is married with two children, a girl and
a boy. He spends most of his leisure time with his wife and children, going out to the
movies or to the library. He plays badminton and golf regularly to keep himself fit and
healthy and performs on the Guzheng to raise funds for charity.
April 2015
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