How to become a Legislator

Also called: Attorney general (government), Cabinet minister, Deputy attorney general (government), Legislator (government), Member of parliament, Minister (government), Minister of state, Parliamentarian, Parliamentary secretary, President (government), Prime minister, Solicitor general (government)

Legislator determines, formulates and directs government policies. He/she makes, ratifies, amends or repeals laws, public rules and regulations within a statutory or constitutional framework.

Main tasks

• Presiding over or participating in the proceedings of parliament
• Determining, formulating and directing government policies
• Making, ratifying, amending or repealing laws, public rules and regulations
• Investigating matters of concern to the public and promoting the interests of the constituencies which they represent
• As members of the government, directing senior administrators and officials of government departments and statutory boards in the interpretation and implementation of government policies

Ways in

• University: Law & Justice degrees, Offered by 3 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a Legislator?

Ways in include: Law & Justice degrees.

Will AI change the work of a Legislator?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026