Halimah Yacob

President of Singapore

Halimah Binte Yacob 23 August 1954 Singapore

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Incumbent

8th President of the Republic of Singapore In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Yacob is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Halimah. Halimah Binte Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician. She is the incumbent President of Singapore since the 2017 Singapore presidential election. Halimah won in an uncontested election, as no other presidential candidate was issued the Certificate of Eligibility. She is the first female president in the country's history. Previously a member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Jurong GRC (situated from Bukit Batok East) from 2001 to 2015 and for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC (constituency of Marsiling) from 2015 to 2017. She was sworn in the following day becoming the second Muslim since Yusof Ishak in 1965. She was the 9th Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore from 2013 to 2017, which she resigned to participate in the 2017 Singapore presidential election.