Rahayu Mahzam

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The Honourable
Rahayu binte Mahzam
رحايو مهزم
Rahayu Mahzam.jpg
Rahayu in 2016
Parliamentary Secretary,
Ministry for Communications and Information
Assumed office
15 May 2021
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterJosephine Teo
Parliamentary Secretary,
Ministry for Health
Assumed office
1 September 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterGan Kim Yong
(2020–2021)
Ong Ye Kung
(since 2021)
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Jurong GRC
(Bukit Batok East)
Assumed office
11 September 2015
Preceded byHalimah Yacob
Majority60,501 (49.24%)
Personal details
Born1980[1]
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Children1
Alma materNational University of Singapore
Raffles Girls' School
OccupationPolitician, Lawyer
In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Mahzam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Rahayu.

Rahayu binte Mahzam (Jawi: رحايو مهزم; born 1980)[1] is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Health since 2020 and Ministry of Communications and Information since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she is a Member of the 14th Parliament and has been representing the Bukit Batok East ward of Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2015.[2]

Before entering politics, Rahayu was a lawyer specialising in civil litigation and family law. She made her political debut in the 2015 general election when she joined a five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC which they won with 79.3% of the vote. She retained her parliamentary seat in the 2020 general election and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary shortly after winning the election.

Education[]

Rahayu studied at Raffles Girls' School[3] and Raffles Junior College before she went to the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Law, where she completed a Bachelor of Laws in 2003 and was called to the Bar in 2004.[4]

Career[]

Rahayu joined Heng, Leong & Srinivasan LLC as a partner in January 2008, specialising in civil litigation and family law. In 2013, she left practice and served as Deputy Registrar at the Syariah Court of Singapore before returning to practice in August 2015. She is also an Associate Mediator accredited by the Singapore Mediation Centre.[5][3][6]

Political career[]

Rahayu was announced as a People's Action Party (PAP) candidate on 20 August 2015 to join the five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC during the 2015 general election.[7] After the PAP team won with 79.29% of the vote against SingFirst,[8] Rahayu became a Member of Parliament representing the Bukit Batok East ward of Jurong GRC.[1] In 2017, she was part of the taskforce set up to implement tighter regulations on formula milk manufacturers.[9]

During 2020 general election, Rahayu joined the five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC again[10] and they won with 74.62% of the vote against Red Dot United. Rahayu thus retained her parliamentary seat in Bukit Batok East and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary on 1 September 2020 at the Ministry of Health.

On 15 May 2021, she received an additional appointment as Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Communications and Information.[1]

Personal life[]

Rahayu is the eldest of three children[11] and her parents were a security officer and a civil servant.

Rahayu is married to a civil servant[3] and has a son.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "MP | Parliament Of Singapore". www.parliament.gov.sg.
  2. ^ Mahmud, Aqil Haziq. "Four new MPs-elect appointed Ministers of State, including former SAF general Gan Siow Huang". Channel News Asia. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Au-Yong, Rachel (9 September 2015). "GE2015: On the campaign trail with PAP's Rahayu Mahzam". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Rahayu Mahzam, politician and practising lawyer". Letters of the Law.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Welcome | Blog". www.hlslegal.sg.
  7. ^ "Lawyer Rahayu Mahzam, oncologist Tan Wu Meng join PAP's Jurong GRC team for coming GE". Today. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Results". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Taskforce set up to implement tighter regulations on formula milk manufacturers". Channel NewsAsia. 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  10. ^ "GE2020: From East Coast to Bukit Panjang, 7 key battlegrounds to watch". CNA. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Rahayu Mahzam CV" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Latest Singapore News and Headlines - Channel NewsAsia". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

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