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    Halimah Yacob is a Singaporean politician who is serving as the current president. She
    was born on 23rd August, 1954.


    Halimah has been described as a trail blazer. She became the very first woman
    Member of Parliament (MP) for the Jurong Group Representation
    Constituency, The first woman of parliament and the first woman president in
    Singapore’s political history.

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    Birth And Early Life


    Her Excellency Madam Halimah was born in Queens Street in Singapore to
    Indian immigrant father and maternal Malay descent.
    Her father was a watchman who died thanks to a attack when she was eight
    years old, leaving her and 4 siblings to be mentioned by her mother.
    Her family was in poverty at the time of her father’s death, and Ms. Halimah
    had to help her mother sell nasi padang outside the former Singapore
    Polytechnic now Bestway Building along Prince Edward Road.

    Halimah Yacob Education


    Ms. Yacob attended Singapore Chinese Girls’ School and Tanjong Katong
    Girls’ School. She proceeded to the University of Singapore, where she
    obtained a Bachelor of Laws in 1978.

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    In 1981, Madam Halimah was called to the Singapore Bar. She also completed
    a Master of Laws at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2001, and
    was conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws by NUS on 7 July 2016.

    Political Career


    Halimah worked as a legal officer at the National Trades Union Congress, and
    have become the director of its legal services department in 1992. She was
    appointed as a director of the Singapore Institute of Labour Studies
    now referred to as the Ong Teng Cheong Institute of Labour Studies in 1999.

    Halimah Yacob net worth
    Marsiling National Day Dinner celebration held on 6 August 2017. Photo: Nuria Ling/TODAY

    Halimah entered politics in 2001 when she was elected as a Member of
    Parliament (MP) for the Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

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    Following the 2011 election , Halimah was appointed Minister of State at the
    Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.

    After a cupboard reshuffle in November 2012, she became a Minister of State
    at the Ministry of Social and Family Development. She has also served because
    the Chair of Jurong Town Council.

    In January 2015, Halimah was co-opted into the PAP’s Central Executive
    Committee, the party’s highest decision-making body.

    At the 2015 election, Halimah was the only minority candidate for the People’s
    Action Party group contesting the then-newly formed Marsiling–Yew Tee
    GRC.

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    In 2013 she became the first woman to be Speaker of the Singapore Parliament.

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    Four years later, in September 2017, she became Singapore’s first woman
    President.

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    According to mywage, the annual salary for the president is S$1.54 million
    Awards

    1. In recognition of her contributions, she was conferred the Berita Harian
      Achiever of the Year Award in 2001
    2. The “Her World Woman of the Year Award” in 2003
    3. The AWARE Heroine Award 2011
    4. She was inducted into the Singapore Council of Women’s Organization’s
      Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame in 2014.

    Personal Life


    Halimah is married to Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee, a Malay of Arab
    descent, and has five children.
    Favorite Quote
    “Women must realise that while they would like to think that their work speaks for
    itself, in reality, they do have to take greater charge of their own careers. And be
    ready to accept invitations to be a board member, even if it means being the sole
    woman on the board.”

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