Halimah Yacob

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Halimah Yacob (2019)

Halimah binti Yacob ( Jawi :حاليمه بنت ياچوب; * August 23, 1954 in Singapore ) is a Singaporean politician and President of the city-state since September 14, 2017. She was previously a member of the People's Action Party (PAP) and the ninth speaker of the Singapore Parliament. She resigned from this office and from her membership of the PAP on August 7, 2017 to run as a candidate for the office of president. She was a member of the Singapore Parliament from 2001 to 2015 and the Marsiling-Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency from 2015 to 2017.

Life and education

Her name follows the system of the Malaysian name and is made up of her first name Halimah and the first name of her father Yacob , combined with the addition binti (from Arabicبنت"Daughter of") together. Her father belonged to the Indian ethnic group and her mother belongs to that of the Malays . Her father was a security guard by trade and died when she was eight years old. After that, she was raised by her mother. Every day before school, he helped her to prepare Malay dishes for sale in order to ensure the livelihood of her four siblings and her own. She attended the Singapore Chinese Girls 'School and the Tanjong Katong Girls' School . She then studied at the National University of Singapore . She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws . She was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1981. She obtained a Master of Laws in 2001 from the National University of Singapore. She honored this with an honorary doctorate in 2016.

Yacob is married to Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee. Her husband is a pensioner of Arab descent and the couple have five children. Halima Yacob is a Muslim. The family lives in a publicly subsidized apartment owned by the Housing and Development Board in Yishun . This consists of a 5-room apartment, which was combined with a 4-room apartment.

Career

After graduating in 1978, she worked as a legal clerk for the National Trades Union Congress , became director of the legal department in 1992, and was appointed director of the Singapore Institute of Labor Studies (now Ong Teng Cheong Institute of Labor Studies ) in 1999 .

Political beginnings

Halimah Yacob's political career began in 2001. That year she was elected to parliament for the Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC). After the parliamentary elections in Singapore in 2011 , she was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sport. After a cabinet reshuffle in November 2012, she became Minister of State in the Ministry of Social and Family Development. She also served as the chairwoman of Jurong City Council.

In January 2015 she was elected to the Central Executive Committee (PAP), the party's highest decision-making body. In the general election in Singapore in 2015 , she was the sole candidate of the Group Representation Constituency for the People's Action Party group and the newly formed Marsiling-Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency .

In 2016 she spoke out against radical Islam and with particular condemnation and dissociation from the Islamic State organization .

Speaker of Parliament

On January 8, 2013, Singapore Premiere Minister Lee Hsien Loong nominated Halimah Yacob to replace former spokesman Michael Palmer, who resigned after an extramarital affair became known. She was elected spokeswoman for parliament on January 14, 2013. This made her the first woman in this position in the history of Singapore.

Union work

Halimah Yacob served the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) as Assistant Secretary General, Director of the Legal Department, and Director of the Women's Secretariat. She also served as the executive secretary of the United Electronics and Electrical Workers. She was elected Vice-President of the Standards Committee of the International Labor Conference in Geneva from 2000 to 2002 and 2005. In 2003 and 2004 she was the Worker Spokesperson for the LLC Human Resources Development and Commerce Committee.

2017 presidential election

On August 6, 2017, Halimah Yacob announced that she was stepping down from the post of Speaker of Parliament, and she also resigned her mandate for the Marsiling-Yew Tee the next day to run for the office of President in the 2017 presidencies, which for Members of the Malay community was reserved. She was seen as the PAP's candidate for election and was supported by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Their campaign page went live on August 25, 2017 and their "Do Good Do Together" tagline was criticized for being grammatically incorrect. She defended her slogan, stating that it was meant to be catchy.

In response to public questions about whether Halimah Yacob broke the electoral rules by starting the campaign prior to nomination day, the ELD stated that its rule prohibiting candidacies before nomination is complete only applies to candidates who are nominated. There were also questions about her longstanding membership of the PAP and the resulting lack of political independence, as she only gave up her party offices shortly before the election campaign. Halimah Yacob referred to the late President Ong Teng Cheong , who was also a member of the PAP before he was elected. She also stated that she had abstained on an amendment to the Human Organ Transplant Act in 2007.

Reactions

On September 13, 2017, the Singapore Democratic Party sued the PAP government in the High Court for refusing to hold a by-election in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC following Halimah Yacob's resignation from her post as the sole minority MP in her constituency .

After the Elections Department announced that Halimah was the only possible candidate for president because she was the only one who met the requirements, the global media watchdog Meltwater observed a significant increase in negative sentiment on social media around the presidential election from May 11-12. September 2017. The data shows 83% negative sentiment and 17% positive sentiment.

Critical feedback on the Internet has also led to the widespread use of the hashtag #NotMyPresident in Singapore.

In response, The Straits Times reported that the use of #halimahismypresident by an "equally vocal group" urged Singapore citizens to rally for the next president.

Halimah Yacob's decision to continue living in her publicly funded apartment and not move into the Istana has raised security concerns.

Individual evidence

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  16. ^ Zi Liang Chong: The Sunday Times - Counter ISIS ideology on social media: Halimah . In: The Straits Times (The Sunday Times) , November 22, 2015. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2017. 
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  18. ↑ PEI TING WONG: Keep a close watch on daughters too, as IS not just targeting men: Halimah . In: TODAY Online , June 16, 2017. Accessed July 23, 2017. 
  19. ↑ PM Lee to nominate Halimah Yacob as next Speaker of Parliament , ChannelNewsAsia. January 8, 2013. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. 
  20. ^ Imelda Saad: PM Lee to nominate Halimah Yacob as next Speaker of Parliament . In: Channel News Asia , January 8, 2013. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2017. "If elected, she will be Singapore's first woman speaker and will fill the post vacated by former Member of Parliament, Mr Michael Palmer, who stepped down last month due to an extramarital affair. " 
  21. ↑ Valerie Koh: Mdm Halimah, Singapore's first woman speaker, could make history again (en) . In: TODAYonline , August 6, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017. 
  22. ↑ Charissa Yong: Homecoming for Halimah Yacob at union's dinner and dance . In: The Straits Times , August 4, 2017. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved on August 8, 2017. "The United Workers of Electronics and Electrical Industries dinner and dance on Friday night (Aug 4) was a homecoming of sorts for Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob. She was its executive secretary from 2004 to 2011, and is now advisor to the 60,000-strong union. " 
  23. ↑ Mdm Halimah Yacob appointed NTUC Advisor for Int'l Affairs . In: National Trades Union Congress Press Release . January 15, 2013. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved on August 8, 2017.
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  28. ↑ 'Do Good Do Together' catchy, easy to understand: Halimah (en) . In: TODAYonline . Retrieved August 31, 2017. 
  29. ↑ PE2017: Election Dept Clears Halimah Yacob of Breaking No Campaigning before Nomination Day Rule . August 30, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  30. ↑ PE2017 - Look at my credentials, not my past affiliations: Halimah Yacob . Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  31. ↑ 'I do not serve any political party': Halimah Yacob talks about her independence, unveils Presidential campaign slogan . Retrieved September 12, 2017.
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SURNAME Yacob, Halimah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yacob, Halimah binti (full name); حاليمه بنت ياچوب
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Singaporean politician
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd August 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Singapore