President of Singapore
The eighth and current president, Halimah Yacob, took office on 14 September 2017, becoming the first president elected as she was the sole eligible candidate under the new reform terms which took effect earlier that year. She is also the first female President of Singapore.
Halimah Yacob
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. She was elected Speaker of Parliament on 14 January 2013, the first woman to hold the post in Singapore's history. and first one to be younger than PM. Because in history, all other past presidents are older than the PM.