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Halimah Yacob
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8th President of Singapore
Halimah Yacob is the eighth and current President of Singapore, having taken office in 2017. She is notable as Singapore's first female president, making her an important symbolic figure in the country's political history.
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- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Singapore
- Place of birth
- Singapore
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
- Employer
- National University of Singapore
- Political party
- People's Action Party
- Religion
- Islam
- Award
- Order of Friendship
- Official website
- www.istana.gov.sg
- Image
- President Halimah Yacob in 2019.jpg
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- Halimah Yacob
- date of birth
- 1954-08-23
- name in native language
- ஹலிமா பின்தி யாகொப்
- P10632
- Halimah Yacob
- medical condition
- COVID-19
- described at URL
- www.tatlerasia.com/people/halimah-yacob
- affiliation string
- Singapore Government
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Encyclopedic overview
Halimah binte Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who was the eighth president of Singapore from 2017 to 2023, making her the first woman to serve in this role after being elected uncontested in the 2017 presidential election.
As a member of the People's Action Party (PAP), Halimah served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bukit Batok East division of the Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC) from 2001 to 2015 and then for the Marsiling division of the Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC from 2015 to 2017. She became Singapore's first female speaker of parliament, a position she held from 2013 to 2017.
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