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 Profiles: PAP S Jayakumar »

PROFESSOR S JAYAKUMAR
Age 62
Marital Status Married with three children
Post

Minister of Law and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ward East Coast GRC (Walkover)

Brief History
1997 re-appointed Minister for Law and Minister for Foreign Affairs
1997 elected, along with five other MPs to East Coast GRC
1994 retained portfolio in Law, appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs
1994 relinquished his appointment as Minister for Home Affairs
1991 re-appointed Minister of Law and Minister for Home Affairs
1991 re-elected in Bedok GRC
1990 re-appointed Minister of Law and Minister for Home Affairs by PM Goh Chok Tong
1988 appointed Minister of Law and Minister for Home Affairs
1988 elected, along with two other MPs to Bedok GRC
1985 appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Second Minister for Law
1984 appointed Minster for Labour, Second Minister for Home Affairs and Second Minister for Law
1984 re-elected as MP of Bedok Constituency
1981 appointed Minister of State for Law and Minister of State for Home Affairs
1980 awarded the Public Service Star (BBM) in 1980
1980 elected as MP of Bedok Constituency
1974 - 1979 member of Singapore's delegation to the UN Law of the Sea Conference
1974 became dean of Law Faculty
1971 - 1974 seconded to Ministy of Foreign Affairs to serce as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the UN
1964 - 1981 taught in the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
1966 received his Master of Law from Yale Law School, US
1964 admitted to the bar
1963

graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) form the University of Singapore

 
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