Halimah Yacob
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Halimah Yacob MP |
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| حاليمه بنت يعقوب | |
Halimah Yacob at the APEC Women and the Economy Forum 2012.
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| 9th Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore | |
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Assumed office 14 January 2013 |
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| President | Tony Tan Keng Yam |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
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Charles Chong Seah Kian Peng |
| Preceded by | Michael Palmer |
| Minister of State, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports | |
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In office 21 May 2011 – 13 January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Yu-Foo Yee Shoon |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC |
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Assumed office 11 September 2015 |
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| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Jurong GRC |
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In office 3 November 2001 – 11 September 2015 |
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23 August 1954 Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Halimah Binti Yacob (Jawi: حاليمه بنت ياچوب; born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she is currently the ninth Speaker of Parliament, having assumed office on 14 January 2013. She is the first woman to hold this post in the Republic's history. She is the third consecutive Speaker belonging to a minority race, after Abdullah Tarmugi and Michael Palmer. She also served as Minister of State at the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports from 2011 to 2013. She has been a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Jurong Group Representation Constituency between 2001 and 2015 and Marsiling-Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency since 2015.
Halimah Yacob was educated at Singapore Chinese Girls' School and Tanjong Katong Girls' School, before going on to the University of Singapore where she completed an LLB (Hons) degree in 1978. She was called to the Singapore Bar in 1981. In 2001, she completed an LLM degree at the National University of Singapore, and was conferred honorary Doctor of Laws degree from NUS on 7 July 2016.
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