A 63 year old woman, Halimah Yacob has been declared Singapore’s eighth president on Wednesday after a “walkover” election that saw no vote after no other contenders ran for the position.

Yacob, had been the only candidate deemed eligible to stand in the country’s Elections Department, having held a key public position as speaker of parliament for three years.

The other two contenders, Salleh Marican and Farid Khan, were both denied eligibility, having fallen short of a constitutional rule that required any candidate from the private sector to have led a company with shareholder equity of at least 500 million Singapore dollars (372 million dollars).

Following the announcement, Yacob thanked her supporters in a speech, calling it a “a proud moment for Singapore, for multiculturalism and multi-racialism.”

Yacob is Singapore’s first Malay president in 47 years and the first woman to occupy the president’s office.

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Congratulations madam.

When will a woman rule Naija

Inshort they should wait for me, will be a president after 2019

midehi2:
When will a woman rule Naija

Inshort they should wait for me, will be a president after 2019

@midehi2,as much as I like you and appreciate your level of intelligence ,it won't happen. A woman ,rule Nigeria?!* ..Dapada

However ,you may take a decision now to marry me ..rest assured,the wife of the president.

Big congratulations to her. It's a remarkable feat.
More power to her elbow

well, it seems she was elected because of her financial prowess.

Yes

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just observing..

That con3 is in trouble.

Ask me why.

Good

Not in 9ja

Okay

An Islamic country wow am impressed

Another Aquino and Margaret Thatcher

Age and Gender does not matter, as long she can get the job done

cool

Imagine say Naija adopt this kind of rule and makes it compulsory that before u contest for President, u will have a private company that worth 20billion dollars .. u will see our Politicians coming out to lay claims to so many multi billion dollar companies in Nigeria that they have been hiding from us

Female president in a Muslim country..

Wow... Interesting. Congrats to her.

I only saw the conditions attached for Atiku and Dangote ------

#thesignings of the world will not learn from this

Ok we don see her... What next?

She looks sharp, give her one year, she go old sharp sharp.

Unbreakable007:
That con3 is in trouble.

Ask me why.

why

Unbreakable007:
That con3 is in trouble.

Ask me why.

y

madridguy:
Noted.

. Congratulations Aunt Halimat.

That is good, there should be minimum working experiance requirements to stand as President. Unlike in Nigeria where only a school certificate is enough

midehi2:
When will a woman rule Naija

Inshort they should wait for me, will be a president after 2019

Maybe as my deputy

midehi2:
When will a woman rule Naija

Inshort they should wait for me, will be a president after 2019

na you go rule na