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    Halimah binti Yacob DUT (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who served as the eighth president of Singapore from 2017 to 2023...
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    president Thomas Bach and the President of Singapore, Halimah Yacob, appeared remotely, with Halimah – who was on a state visit to Qatar at the time of the...
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    who had been elected in 2011, was ineligible to seek re-election. Halimah Yacob who served as Speaker of Parliament from 2013 to 2017 was elected in...
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    presidential elections being walkovers, as presidents S. R. Nathan and Halimah Yacob were the sole candidates to receive a Certificate of Eligibility from...
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    succeeding Halimah Yacob. On 24 January 2024, Tharman made his first state visit to Brunei as president. His predecessor, Halimah Yacob also made her...
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    1994), Ugandan middle-distance runner Halimah Mohamed Sadique (born 1962), Malaysian politician Halimah Yacob (born 1954), President of Singapore Halimat...
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    Parliament was dissolved and the general election called by President Halimah Yacob on 23 June, on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. It elected...
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    Lawrence Wong from the People's Action Party (PAP). On 7 August 2017, Halimah Yacob resigned as Member of Parliament (MP) and as Speaker of Parliament in...
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  • Singapore from 7 August to 11 September 2017, following the resignation of Halimah Yacob on 7 August 2017. Chong was educated at St. Michael's School and Saint...
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  • SUSS is Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the Chancellor is Halimah Yacob, and the Pro-Chancellor is Richard Eu. Key academic leaders include...
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    government departments and the courts. According to Singaporean President Halimah Yacob during her 2018 speech, "Through the education system, we adopted a...
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  • third to be contested by more than one candidate. Incumbent president Halimah Yacob, who had been elected unopposed in 2017, did not seek re-election. Three...
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  • only Malay woman to have been elected into Singapore parliament until Halimah Yacob was elected a Member of Parliament in 2001. Sahorah was born in Selangor...
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    became the 10th Speaker of Parliament after the post was vacated by Halimah Yacob when she resigned to contest in the 2017 Singaporean presidential election...
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  • passed a bill to repeal Section 377A. The bill was assented by President Halimah Yacob on 27 December 2022 and gazetted on 3 January 2023, and Section 377A...
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  • Indian-origin politician Halimah Yacob, former Minister and current Speaker of Parliament. Chia, Lianne (14 September 2017). "Halimah Yacob sworn in as Singapore's...
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    and he officially retired on 1 September 2017. He was succeeded by Halimah Yacob on 14 September 2017. Tan was educated at St Patrick's School and St...
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    president in the past five presidential terms. The eighth president, Halimah Yacob, who served as Speaker of Parliament from 2013 to 2017, prior to her...
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  • Reprieve, made a statement to Singapore's President Halimah Yacob, "We urge  President Halimah Yacob to listen to the cries for mercy within Singapore and...
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    from 1 to 13 September 2017 as an interregnum between Tony Tan and Halimah Yacob during the 2017 Singaporean presidential election. He had also served...
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  • Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee became the first gentleman, after his wife Halimah Yacob won the 2017 presidential election by an uncontested walkover. President...
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    of about 22.47% for the 13th Parliament (before the resignation of Halimah Yacob), in which 20 of the 89 elected MPs were women. Non-constituency Members...
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    Constituency (GRC), and the workload for the Bukit Batok division was given to Halimah Yacob. ^ Tharman Shanmugaratnam resigned as Member of Parliament in 2023 to...
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  • original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020. "Former president Halimah Yacob awarded Order of Temasek for lifetime of devoted, distinguished service"...
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  • rejected his application, issuing only one Certificate of Eligibility to Halimah Yacob. Salleh founded the Salleh Marican Foundation with the intention to...
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    formed. In 2017, Halimah Yacob resigned from the Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC (Marsiling division) to contest for the Presidency. Halimah Yacob was sworn in as...
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    Mr Low Thia Khiang. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore was Halimah Yacob, of the People's Action Party. She was elected as the 9th Speaker of...
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  • was understood that prior to his hanging, the President of Singapore Halimah Yacob rejected the pleas for clemency by Tangaraju's family. On 26 April 2023...
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    politics, a member of parliament and is the 8th President of Singapore, Halimah Yacob, was a resident of Yishun. Hui Shiu-hung, a veteran Hong Kong actor...
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    Marsiling–Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency MP and Speaker Halimah Yacob in 2017. The 13th Parliament is controlled by a People's Action Party...
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