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Vorlage:Pp-vandalism Vorlage:Malay name Vorlage:Infobox officeholder Halimah binti Yacob (Jawi: حاليمه بنت ياچوب; born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician[1] and the current President of Singapore. Formerly a member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she was the ninth Speaker of Parliament,[2] from January 2013 to August 2017. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Jurong Group Representation Constituency between 2001 and 2015, and Marsiling-Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency between 2015 and 2017. On 7 August 2017, she resigned from her positions as Speaker and MP, and from her membership in the PAP, to stand as a candidate for the 2017 Singapore presidential election.[3]

On 13 September 2017, Yacob was declared President-elect in a walkover, as no other presidential hopeful was issued the Certificate of Eligibility.[4][5] She was sworn in as President on 14 September 2017,[6] becoming the first female president in the country's history.[7]

Early life and education

Halimah Yacob is of paternal Indian and maternal Malay descent. Her father was a watchman who died when she was eight years old, leaving her to be brought up by her mother.[8][9][10]

She was educated at Singapore Chinese Girls' School and Tanjong Katong Girls' School, before going on to the National University of Singapore where she completed an LLB (Hons) degree in 1978. She was called to the Singapore Bar in 1981. In 2001, she completed an LLM degree at the National University of Singapore, and was conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from NUS on 7 July 2016.[11]

Career

Halimah worked as a legal officer at the National Trades Union Congress, and became the director of its legal services department in 1992. She was appointed as a director of the Singapore Institute of Labour Studies (now known as the Ong Teng Cheong Institute of Labour Studies) in 1999.[12]

Political career

Halimah entered politics in 2001 when she was elected as an MP for the Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

Following the 2011 general election, Halimah was made a Minister of State at the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.[13] Following a Cabinet reshuffle in November 2012[14], she became a Minister of State at the Ministry of Social and Family Development.[13] She has also served as the Chair of Jurong Town Council.[15]

In January 2015, she was co-opted into the PAP's Central Executive Committee, the party's highest decision-making body.[16]

At the 2015 general election, Halimah was the sole minority candidate for the People's Action Party group contesting the then-newly-formed Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC.[17]

She has spoken out actively against radical Islam, in particular condemning and disassociating from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant.[18][19][20].

Speaker of Parliament

On 8 January 2013, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong nominated Halimah Yacob to succeed former Speaker Michael Palmer who resigned after he was revealed to have had an extramarital affair.[21] She was elected Speaker of Parliament on 14 January 2013. Halimah was the first woman to hold this post in the Republic's history[22].

Trade union involvement

Halimah has served at the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) as the Deputy Secretary General, Director of the Legal Services Department and Director of the Women's Development Secretariat.[23] She has also served as the Executive Secretary of the United Workers of Electronics and Electrical Industries.[24]

Halimah was elected as the Workers' Vice-Chairperson of the Standards Committee of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva from 2000 to 2002 and in 2005. In 2003 and 2004, she was the Workers' Spokesperson for the ILC Committee on Human Resources Development and Training.[25]

2017 presidential election

On 6 August 2017, Halimah announced that she will step down as Speaker of Parliament and MP of Marsiling-Yew Tee on 7 August 2017 to run for the presidency in the 2017 Singapore presidential election[26][27], which has been reserved for members of the Malay community.[28] She is widely viewed as the PAP's candidate for the election, and has been endorsed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.[29]

On 25 August 2017, Halimah launched her official campaign website, featuring links to her Facebook page and YouTube channel. The website also included her campaign slogan "Do Good Do Together", which was criticised by many for being ungrammatical. She defended her slogan, explaining that is meant to be catchy.[30]

In response to public queries whether Halimah broke election rules by campaigning ahead of the nomination day, the ELD clarified that its rule which forbids candidates from campaigning before close of nomination only applies to candidates who are nominated.[31]

Queries were also raised regarding her long affiliation with PAP and perceived lack of political independence as she quit the party just one month ago to campaign in the election. Halimah responded by comparing herself to the late President Ong Teng Cheong who was also a member of the PAP before being elected.[32] She also cited that she had abstained from voting in an amendment for HOTA in 2007.[33]

Former NMP Calvin Cheng suggested that Halimah does not appear to have the professional experience needed to manage the financial reserves.[34] According to Publichouse.sg's estimate, her financial management involvement is only about $40 million, much less than the stringent $500 million shareholders’ equity requirement for private sector candidates.[35]

Being the only candidate to be issued a Certificate of Eligibility, the election will result in a walkover, hence, Halimah will be the 8th President of Singapore.[36] Dr Tan Cheng Bock wrote that Halimah "will occupy the most controversial presidency in the history of Singapore."[37] Despite this, she has been described as "Popular and competent".[38]

Reactions

On 13 September 2017, the Singapore Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in the High Court against the PAP government for refusing to call a by-election in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC following Halimah Yacob’s resignation from her post as the sole minority MP in her constituency.[39]

After the Elections Department announced that Halimah was the only possible candidate for the presidency, global media monitoring house Meltwater observed a significant increase in negative sentiment on social media surrounding the Presidential Elections from 11 to 12 September 2017. The data shows 83% of negative sentiment and 17% of positive sentiment.[40]

Critical backlash on the internet has also led to the widespread use of the hashtag #NotMyPresident in Singapore.[41][42][43] In response, The Straits Times reported that there was the use of #halimahismypresident by an "equally vocal group", urging "Singaporeans to rally round their next president".[43]

Personal life

Halimah is married to Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee,[44] a retiree[45] of Arab descent,[46] and has five children.[47] Halimah is a Muslim.[48] She lives in a public Housing and Development Board duplex in Yishun, consisting of one 5-room flat and one 4-room flat joined together by demolishing the median wall.[47]

Awards

In recognition of her contributions, she was conferred the Berita Harian/McDonald's Achiever of the Year Award in 2001,[49] the "Her World Woman of the Year Award" in 2003,[50] the AWARE Heroine Award 2011[51], and was inducted into the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations's Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.[52]

References

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  1. ↑ Vorlage:Citation
  2. ↑ Halimah Yacob Became First Woman Speaker of the Singapore Parliament In: Jagran Josh, 16 January 2013 
  3. ↑ PM Lee accepts Halimah Yacob's resignation from the PAP (Memento des Originals vom 7 August 2017 im Internet Archive) In: Channel NewsAsia, 7 August 2017 
  4. ↑ Lee U-Wen: Halimah Yacob declared president-elect after walkover victory. Channel NewsAsia, abgerufen am 13. September 2017.
  5. ↑ Who is Halimah Yacob, Singapore's first female President? In: Channel NewsAsia. Abgerufen am 13. September 2017 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
  6. ↑ Lianne Chia: Halimah Yacob sworn in as Singapore's 8th President. Channel NewsAsia, 14. September 2017, abgerufen am 14. September 2017.
  7. ↑ Halimah Yacob named Singapore's first female president. In: Al Jazeera. 13. September 2017, abgerufen am 14. September 2017.
  8. ↑ Uma Rajan: 50 Years of Indian Community in Singapore. Hrsg.: Gopinath Pillai. World Scientific Publishing Co, 2016, ISBN 978-981-3140-58-5, To Singapore with Love..., S. 107 (google.com): „Notable female politicians include Dhanam Avadai, PAP Member for Moulmein (1965–1968), lawyer Indranee Rajah, the current Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Law and Ministry of Education, and Indian-origin politician Halimah Yacob, former Minister and current Speaker of Parliament.“
  9. ↑ Jessica Cheam: A strong advocate for workers, women and minorities (Memento des Originals vom July 21, 2017 im Internet Archive) In: The Straits Times, January 10, 2013. Abgerufen im July 21, 2017 „Her Indian-Muslim father was a watchman who died when she was eight years old.“ 
  10. ↑ Yuen-C Tham: More consultation needed before my decision to run for president: Halimah Yacob (Memento des Originals vom July 17, 2017 im Internet Archive) In: The Straits Times, July 17, 2017. Abgerufen im July 21, 2017 „She added that her father, who died when she was eight years old, was born in Singapore, and she was brought up by her Malay mother.“ 
  11. ↑ Yan Liang Lim: Halimah Yacob conferred honorary Doctor of Laws degree by NUS, Straits Times, 7 July 2016 
  12. ↑ Zainul Abidin bin Rasheed, Norshahril Saat: Majulah!: 50 Years of Malay/Muslim Community in Singapore. World Scientific, 2016, ISBN 978-981-4759-88-5 (englisch, google.com).
  13. ↑ a b Mdm Halimah Yacob. In: Parliament of Singapore. Archiviert vom Original am 6. August 2017; abgerufen am 6. August 2017.
  14. ↑ Singapore reshuffles Cabinet (Memento des Originals vom 6 August 2017 im Internet Archive) In: Channel NewsAsia, 31 July 2012. Abgerufen im 6 August 2017 
  15. ↑ Jurong Town Council's Audited Financial Statements, Auditors' Reports and Annual Report For FY2010/2011. (PDF) 8. August 2017, archiviert vom Original am 8. August 2017;.
  16. ↑ Four more co-opted into PAP central executive committee (Memento des Originals vom 7 August 2017 im Internet Archive) In: TODAYonline, 7 January 2015. Abgerufen im 7 August 2017 (englisch). 
  17. ↑ Justin Ong: PAP unveils lineup for new Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC (Memento des Originals vom 6 August 2017 im Internet Archive) In: Channel NewsAsia, 21 August 2015. Abgerufen im 6 August 2017 
  18. ↑ Zi Liang Chong: The Sunday Times - Counter ISIS ideology on social media: Halimah (Memento des Originals vom 19 April 2016 im Internet Archive) In: The Straits Times (The Sunday Times), 22 November 2015. Abgerufen im 23 July 2017 
  19. ↑ Janice Heng: Build community ties to guard against terror: Halimah (Memento des Originals vom 25 December 2016 im Internet Archive) In: The Straits Times, 25 December 2016. Abgerufen im 23 July 2017 
  20. ↑ PEI TING WONG: Keep a close watch on daughters too, as IS not just targeting men: Halimah In: TODAY Online, 16 June 2017. Abgerufen im 23 July 2017 
  21. ↑ Imelda Saad: PM Lee to nominate Halimah Yacob as next Speaker of Parliament (Memento des Originals vom 15 February 2013 im Webarchiv archive.today), ChannelNewsAsia, 8 January 2013 
  22. ↑ Imelda Saad: PM Lee to nominate Halimah Yacob as next Speaker of Parliament (Memento des Originals vom 11 January 2013 im Internet Archive) In: Channel News Asia, 8 January 2013. Abgerufen im 27 July 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.“ 
  23. ↑ Valerie Koh: Mdm Halimah, Singapore's first woman Speaker, could make history again In: TODAYonline, 6 August 2017. Abgerufen am 14. September 2017 (englisch). 
  24. ↑ Charissa Yong: Homecoming for Halimah Yacob at union's dinner and dance (Memento des Originals vom 8 August 2017 im Internet Archive) In: The Straits Times, 4 August 2017. Abgerufen im 8 August 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.“ 
  25. ↑ Mdm Halimah Yacob appointed NTUC Advisor for Int'l Affairs. In: National Trades Union Congress Press Release. 15. Januar 2013, archiviert vom Original am 8. August 2017; abgerufen am 8. August 2017.
  26. ↑ Yuen-C Tham: Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob to run for President in coming election (Memento des Originals vom 6 August 2017 im Internet Archive) In: The Straits Times, 6 August 2017 (englisch). 
  27. ↑ Halimah Yacob announces bid to be Singapore's next President (Memento des Originals vom 6 August 2017 im Internet Archive) In: Channel NewsAsia, 6 August 2017 
  28. ↑ Charissa Yong: Parliament: 2017 presidential election will be reserved for Malay candidates, says PM Lee (Memento des Originals vom 6 August 2017 im Internet Archive) In: The Straits Times, 8 November 2016. Abgerufen im 6 August 2017 (englisch). 
  29. ↑ Ming En Siau: Halimah will bring dignity, warmth to presidency if elected: PM (Memento des Originals vom 7 August 2017 im Internet Archive) In: TODAYonline, 7 August 2017 (englisch). 
  30. ↑ ‘Do Good Do Together’ catchy, easy to understand: Halimah In: TODAYonline. Abgerufen am 31. August 2017 (englisch). 
  31. ↑ PE2017: Election Dept Clears Halimah Yacob of Breaking No Campaigning before Nomination Day Rule. 30. August 2017, abgerufen am 12. September 2017.
  32. ↑ PE2017 - Look at my credentials, not my past affiliations: Halimah Yacob. Abgerufen am 12. September 2017.
  33. ↑ 'I do not serve any political party': Halimah Yacob talks about her independence, unveils Presidential campaign slogan. Abgerufen am 12. September 2017.
  34. ↑ Ex-NMP Calvin Cheng: Halimah Yacob should not run for President. In: Mothership.sg. Abgerufen am 12. September 2017.
  35. ↑ Candidates with more finance experience than Halimah Yacob disqualified - publichouse.sg. 12. September 2017, abgerufen am 12. September 2017.
  36. ↑ Halimah Yacob set to be next President after other potential candidates fail to qualify. Abgerufen am 12. September 2017.
  37. ↑ Tan Cheng Bock: Halimah Yacob to assume the ‘most controversial presidency’ in Singapore’s history. Abgerufen am 13. September 2017 (en-SG). 
  38. ↑ Only one Singaporean is fit to be president In: The Economist, 13 September 2017. Abgerufen im 14 September 2017 
  39. ↑ https://sg.news.yahoo.com/sdp-files-lawsuit-singapore-government-not-calling-marsiling-yew-tee-election-093640222.html
  40. ↑ Vivienne Tay: Online sentiments surrounding Halimah Yacob’s presidential walkover In: Marketing Interactive. Abgerufen am 13. September 2017 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
  41. ↑ PE 2017: PEC decision on Halimah Yacob's eligibility sparks #notmypresident hashtag. Abgerufen am 13. September 2017 (en-SG). 
  42. ↑ #NotMyPresident starts trending in Singapore after elections confirmed to be a walkover | Coconuts Singapore In: Coconuts, 11. September 2017. Abgerufen am 13. September 2017 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
  43. ↑ a b hermesauto: Social media abuzz over Halimah Yacob's presidential walkover In: The Straits Times, 12. September 2017. Abgerufen am 13. September 2017 (englisch). 
  44. ↑ Yuen-C Tham: More consultation needed before my decision to run for president: Halimah Yacob (Memento des Originals vom 29 July 2017 im Internet Archive), Straits Times, 17 July 2017. Abgerufen im 29 July 2017 
  45. ↑ Halimah Yacob unveils presidential election campaign slogan and team (Memento des Originals vom 29 August 2017 im Internet Archive) In: The Straits Times, 29 August 2017 (englisch). 
  46. ↑ Getting to know Mohamed Abdullah Alhabshee, husband of Madam Halimah Yacob. In: Thoughts of Real Singaporeans. 11. Juni 2017, archiviert vom Original am 29. Juli 2017; abgerufen am 29. Juli 2017.
  47. ↑ a b Laura Zhang: Our First Gentleman to be, Mohamed Abdullah Alhabshee (Memento des Originals vom 17 August 2017 im Internet Archive) In: www.theindependent.sg, The Independent, 8 August 2017. Abgerufen im 17 August 2017 
  48. ↑ Halimah Yacob named Singapore's first female president. Al Jazeera, 14. September 2017, abgerufen am 14. September 2017.
  49. ↑ Cultural Ambassador is Berita Harian Achiever of the Year 2009 (Memento des Originals vom 25 May 2015 im Internet Archive) In: Singapore Press Holdings, 29 July 2009. Abgerufen im 21 May 2011 
  50. ↑ Her World Woman of the Year celebrates 20 years (Memento des Originals vom 30 December 2016 im Internet Archive) In: Her World, 25 March 2011. Abgerufen im 21 May 2011 
  51. ↑ Recipients of AWARE Awards 2011. In: Association of Women for Action and Research. Archiviert vom Original am 28. Juli 2017; abgerufen am 28. Juli 2017.
  52. ↑ Halimah Yacob, trade unionist and first woman Speaker of Parliament. In: Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. Singapore Council of Women's Organisations, archiviert vom Original am 28. Juli 2017; abgerufen am 28. Juli 2017.
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