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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 12, 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 to...
87K Followers, 2 Following, 1,923 Posts - Halimah Yacob (@halimahyacob) on Instagram: ""Let's focus on our shared values, not our differences.
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 causes...
May 29, 2023 · President Halimah Yacob has announced that she will not be running for a second term as head of state in the upcoming election in 2023. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH. Jean Iau and Natasha Ann Zachariah....
Sep 19, 2023 · Halimah Yacob was a ground breaker in Singapore politics even before she became the nation's first female president. She also was the first woman to serve as speaker of parliament and only the second Muslim, holding the role between 2013 and 2017.
May 29, 2023 · SINGAPORE: President Halimah Yacob was a people's President who was a strong advocate for social issues long before she was elected, advocates said following her announcement on Monday (May...
Sep 13, 2023 · In her last remarks as head of state, Madam Halimah Yacob said it was her privilege to be the voice of Singaporeans and that she was "most grateful" for the chance to empower other women.
Sep 13, 2017 · SINGAPORE – Madam Halimah Yacob, 63, became the first woman and first Malay in 47 years to ascend to the highest office, after successfully filing her nomination papers on Wednesday (Sept 13) as...
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.
