K. Shanmugam
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The Honourable K. Shanmugam MP SC |
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| காசிவிஸ்வநாதன் சண்முகம் | |
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| Minister for Home Affairs | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Teo Chee Hean |
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In office 1 November 2010 – 20 May 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Wong Kan Seng |
| Succeeded by | Teo Chee Hean |
| Minister for Law | |
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Assumed office 1 May 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | S. Jayakumar |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Nee Soon GRC (Chong Pang) |
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Assumed office 21 May 2011 |
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| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 21 May 2011 – 30 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | George Yeo |
| Succeeded by | Vivian Balakrishnan |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Sembawang GRC (Chong Pang) |
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In office 3 September 1988 – 18 April 2011 |
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| Personal details | |
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26 March 1959 Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Spouse(s) | Seetha Shanmugam |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore |
Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam SC, (Tamil: காசிவிஸ்வநாதன் சண்முகம்; born 26 March 1959), better known as K. Shanmugam, is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Minister for Law since May 2008 and the Minister for Home Affairs since October 2015, a post which he had briefly served from November 2010 to May 2011. He previously served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from May 2011 to September 2015. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1988 representing the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency (1988-2011) and the Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency (since 2011), serving the Chong Pang ward in both constituencies.
Shanmugam was educated in Raffles Institution from 1972 to 1977, before going on to study law at the National University of Singapore where he graduated at the top of his class with a First Class Honours degree in 1984.
After being admitted to the Singapore Bar as an advocate and solicitor in 1985, Shanmugam went into private practice and became a Senior Partner and Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution at the Singapore law firm Allen & Gledhill.
Shanmugam had a successful practice and was consistently recognised in various international publications as one of the top litigation, arbitration and insolvency counsel in Asia. While he was in private practice, he regularly handled trial work in major corporate, commercial, insolvency disputes for private and public listed companies, major international and Singaporean banking and financial institutions, multinational corporations and professional practices.
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