Halimah Yacob

Her Excellency Halimah Yacob
8th President of Singapore
In office 14 September 2017 – 14 September 2023
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by	Tony Tan Keng Yam
Succeeded by	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Speaker of Parliament
In office 14 January 2013 – 7 August 2017
Deputy	Charles Chong Lim Biow Chuan
Preceded by	Michael Palmer
Succeeded by	Tan Chuan-Jin
Personal details
Born	(1954-08-23) 23 August 1954 (age 69) Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party (2001–2017) Independent (2017–present)
Spouse(s)	Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee
Children	5
Education	National University of Singapore (LLB, LLM)

Halimah Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician^[1] and lawyer. She became the 8th President of Singapore in September 2017.^[2] Before becoming president, she was the Speaker of Parliament from 2013 until 2017.

Halimah was a former member of the People's Action Party (PAP), She was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bukit Batok East ward of Jurong GRC between 2001 and 2015, and the Marsiling division of Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC between 2015 and 2017.^[1][2]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Mdm Halimah Yacob", Singapore Parliament, archived from the original on 16 November 2016, retrieved 21 May 2011
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} U-Wen, Lee. "Halimah Yacob declared president-elect after walkover victory". Retrieved 13 September 2017.