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    Her Excellency
    Halimah Yacob
    حاليمه بنت يعقوب
    Yacob in 2019
    8th President of Singapore
    Incumbent
    Assumed office
    14 September 2017
    Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
    Preceded byTony Tan
    Chancellor of the National University of Singapore
    Incumbent
    Assumed office
    14 September 2017
    Preceded byTony Tan
    9th Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore

    In office
    14 January 2013 – 7 August 2017
    Deputy Charles Chong
    (2011-present)
    Lim Biow Chuan
    (2016-present)
    Preceded byMichael Palmer
    Succeeded byTan Chuan-Jin
    Member of the Singapore Parliament
    for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC (Marsiling)

    In office
    11 September 2015 – 7 August 2017
    Preceded byHawazi bin Daipi (Sembawang GRC) (PAP)
    Succeeded byZaqy Mohamad (PAP)
    Member of the Singapore Parliament
    for Jurong GRC (Bukit Batok East)

    In office
    3 November 2001 – 24 August 2015
    Preceded byConstituency

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    Speaking Up for What’s Right

    Throughout her career, Mdm Halimah has never been afraid to speak up for the less fortunate. To name a few examples, she used her platform to give support to home-based businesses during COVID, raised awareness of worker’s interests, and advocated for protecting children from sexual predators. Many have wondered where her courage and confidence to speak up came from. 

    When Mdm Halimah was a teenager, the flat she lived in had a bridge connecting two blocks together. On that bridge were some stone chairs and tables for residents.

    “A bunch of hooligans and teenagers came every night at 2 or 3am to drink, laugh, and gamble. It was terrible and noisy,” she recounted.

    “I was only just a 15-year-old, and I was so skinny and scrawny. All five or six of them were boys, but I couldn’t take it anymore. I ran up to them and told them to stop because they were causing inconvenience to the residents, especially those living near the bridge,” she said.

    However,

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    Halimah binte Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Malay politician from Singapore.[1] A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she is currently the eighth President of Singapore from 1 September 2017, and former Speaker of Parliament,[2] from 14 January 2013 to 11 August 2017. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Jurong GRC from 2001 to 2015, and later on moved to Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC from 2015 to 2017.

    She attained presidency on 11 September 2017, disqualifying 5 of the candidates and backdating it to 1 September 2017.

    Education[]

    Halimah Yacob was educated at Singapore kinesisk Girls' School and Tanjong Katong Girls' School, before going on to the University of Singapore where she completed an LLB (Hons) grad in 1978. She was called to the Singapore Bar in 1981. In 2001, she completed an LLM grad at the National University of Singapore, and was conferred Honorary Doctor of Law on 7 July 2016.