Halimah Yacob
Halimah binti Yacob (Jawi: حليمة بنت يعقوب; born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician who is the current President of Singapore & Commander-in-Chief of Singapore Armed Forces. Formerly a member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), she was the ninth Speaker of Parliament, 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.
Powers of the President of Singapore
The CPA consists of six persons, two appointed at the personal discretion of the President, two on the advice of the Prime Minister, one on the advice of the Chief Justice, and one on the advice of the Chairman of the Public Service Commission. The President also has discretion to appoint one of the members of the Council as chairman. As of 8 January 2013, the Chairman of the CPA was J.Y. Pillay, Chairman of the Singapore Exchange, and the other members were Po'ad bin Shaik Abu Bakar Mattar, former senior partner of Deloitte & Touche; former Government minister and Temasek Holdings chairman S. Dhanabalan; former Supreme Court judge Goh Joon Seng; former Singapore Totalisator Board chairman Bobby Chin Yoke Choong; and chairman of the Shell companies in Singapore. There are two alternate members: former Government minister and Keppel Corporation chairman Lim Chee Onn, and Singapore Airlines chairman Stephen Lee. The CPA conducts proceedings in private, and its members are required to take an oath of secrecy.