Fahmi is the football advisor for
Singapore Premier League club
Geylang International. After leaving the
Singapore Army in 2019, Fahmi had a brief stint as the deputy chief executive of
Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS), before leaving to join the
National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) as Director of the Administration and Research Unit in March 2020.
Military career Fahmi served in the
Singapore Army for 26 years and attained the rank of
Colonel. He was deployed for six months to
Blangpidie, Sumatra, Indonesia for the
Aceh Monitoring Mission in 2005, and six months in
Kabul, Afghanistan in 2012 as part of Singapore's contribution to the
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). He was awarded
Pingat Penghargaan (Tentera) in 2014 and
Long Service Medal (Military) in 2017. In 2011, Fahmi served as the Parade Commander for National Day Parade. In 2018, Fahmi was
Singapore Armed Forces' (SAF) Mission Commander to the Humanitarian Aid to Laos. In 2019, Fahmi left the SAF.
Political career Fahmi made his political debut in the
2020 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in
Marine Parade GRC led by Speaker of the 13th Parliament
Tan Chuan-Jin against the
Workers' Party which included former
Non-constituency Member of Parliament Yee Jenn Jong. His running mates were Tan,
Seah Kian Peng,
Tan See Leng, and
Edwin Tong. He was also appointed Mayor of the
South East District replacing
Maliki Osman who was promoted as full-time minister. Fahmi was appointed as Marine Parade Town Council (MPTC) Vice-Chairperson since 2015. Fahmi, as an MP also working for NTUC, is a labour MP as defined by the Singaporean media. In October 2024,
ChannelNewsAsia noted that none of the labour MPs filed any questions or spoke during the parliamentary debate concerning the controversial deal to sell a controlling 51% stake in
NTUC Enterprise subsidiary
Income Insurance to
Allianz. Prior to the
2025 general election, Fahmi retired from politics on 20 April 2025. He also stepped down as Mayor of the
South East Community Development Council on 23 May. == Personal life ==