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Halimah Yacob

Halimah Yacob
MP
حاليمه بنت يعقوب
Halimah Yacob APEC Women and the Economy Forum 2012.jpg
Halimah Yacob at the APEC Women and the Economy Forum 2012.
9th Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
Assumed office
14 January 2013
President Tony Tan Keng Yam
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy Charles Chong
Seah Kian Peng
Preceded by Michael Palmer
Minister of State, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports
In office
21 May 2011 – 13 January 2013
Preceded by Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC
Assumed office
11 September 2015
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Jurong GRC
In office
3 November 2001 – 11 September 2015
Personal details
Born (1954-08-23) 23 August 1954 (age 62)
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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