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BREAKING NEWS: Singapore Swears In FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT.

Precious Eze's Blog September 14, 2017
Madam Halimah Yacob has been sworn in as Singapore's eighth President and its first female Head of State.


She was the only one of three prospective candidates that received a certificate of eligibility for this year's Presidential Election, which was reserved for the Malay community.
Two other presidential hopefuls, Mr. Mohamed Salleh Marican and Mr. Farid Khan had their applications to stand for the election turned down on Monday as both did not meet a requirement for private-sector candidates to helm companies with at least S$500 million in shareholders' equity.


The 63-year-old Halimah will be Singapore's first female President and the first Malay head of state in more than 47 years, breaking barriers yet again after being elected as the first female Speaker of Parliament in 2013.

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