Halimah Yacob
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Halimah binte Yacob is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who was the eighth president of Singapore from 2017 to 2023, making her the first woman to serve in this role after being elected uncontested
Halimah in 2019
Halimah at the inauguration of South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul, 10 May 2022
Halimah (right) attending the opening reception of the APEC Women and the Economy Forum 2012 at Catherine Palace
(L–R) Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee, Fazna Ahmed, Halimah and Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on 1 July 2019
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam is a Singaporean politician and economist who has served as the ninth president of Singapore since 2023. A former member of the People's Action Party, he served as Member of Par
Halimah Yacob
…rights. She chose not to seek re-election in the 2023 presidential election, concluding her term on 13 September, after which she was succeeded by Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Halimah was born on 23 August 1954 at her family home on Queen Street in Singapore during British colonial rule, to an Indian father and Malay mother…
Official portrait, 2023
Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam with Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Kyōto City, Japan on November 6, 2010.
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome, Italy in June 2024.