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.
Lim Tean
"This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lim."
Lim Tean (born November 17, 1964) is a Singaporean opposition politician and Cambridge-educated lawyer. He is the founding leader of People’s Voice (PV), the 11th political party in Singapore, and previously served as Secretary-General of the National Solidarity Party from 30 August 2015 - 18 May 2017. He identifies as centre-left, and has been associated with both Progressive and Social Democratic causes.
Lim is currently is the lawyer representing prominent anti-government critic and blogger Leong Sze Hian in the ongoing high profile case brought by current Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Lim Tean was born in 1964 as the eldest son of Lim Chin Teong, a senior Singaporean civil servant and former Chief Executive Director of the People’s Association in the late 70’s and early 80’s, and his mother Aw Eng Lian, a Chinese-language teacher at Zhonghua Girls School for over 40 years. Both of Lim’s parents graduated from (the now defunct) Nanyang University (Nantah).