Madam
Halimah Yacob has been sworn in as Singapore's eighth President and its first
female Head of State.
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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