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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. Halimah won in the 2017 presidential election in an uncontested walkover due to ineligible candidates.
Sep 11, 2017 · SINGAPORE - Madam Halimah Yacob was issued a Certificate of Eligibility by the Presidential Elections Committee on Monday (Sept 11). The 63-year-old was the only presidential hopeful of three...
Sep 14, 2023 · SINGAPORE – Six years after making history as Singapore’s first woman head of state, President Halimah Yacob left the highest office in the land with accolades of being a powerful symbol of...
Mar 11, 2021 · Halimah Yacob is a trail blazer. In 2013 she became the first woman to be Speaker of the Singapore Parliament. Four years later, in September 2017, she became Singapore’s first woman President. In 2001, she was the first Malay woman to be elected to Singapore’s Parliament when she won a seat in Jurong GRC.
May 29, 2023 · SINGAPORE - President Halimah Yacob announced on Monday that she will not stand for re-election in the upcoming presidential election. In her six years in office, she has championed social...
Sep 13, 2023 · SINGAPORE: Outgoing President Halimah Yacob has fulfilled her promise to be a "President for everyone", said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday (Sep 13).
Sep 12, 2023 · SINGAPORE: Madam Halimah Yacob was at a Singapore Armed Forces Day event in July this year when a 10-year-old girl, whose father was receiving an award, came up to her.
