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Halimah Yacob is a member of the following lists: 1954 births, National University of Singapore alumni and Singaporean people of Indian descent.

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Halimah binti Yacob (Jawi: حاليمه بنت يعقوب; born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician serving as President of Singapore since 2017. Previously a member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Jurong GRC (Bukit Batok East) from 2001 to 2015 and for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC (Marsiling) from 2015 to 2017. She was the 9th Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore from 2013 to 2017, which she resigned to participate in the 2017 Singapore presidential election. Halimah won in an uncontested election, as no other presidential candidate was issued the Certificate of Eligibility. She was sworn in the following day becoming the first female president in the country's history and the second Muslim since Yusof Ishak in 1965.