Mariam Jaafar | |
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Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC (Woodlands) | |
Assumed office 10 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Amrin Amin (PAP) |
Majority | 48,341 (34.58%) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1977 (age 45–46) [1] Singapore |
Political party | People's Action Party |
Spouse | Heng Teck Thai |
Alma mater | Stanford University (BS,MS) Harvard University (MBA) |
Mariam binte Jaafar (born 1977) [1] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP),she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Woodlands division of Sembawang GRC since 2020.
Mariam grew up in a 1-room HDB flat with her parents and siblings. [2] Her father was a Malay language teacher while her mother was a nurse. [2]
She attended Raffles Girls' Primary School for three years before transferring to Bukit View Primary School. [2] When she was 13 years old,Mariam received the MENDAKI Scholarship from then-Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. [3]
Mariam attended Raffles Girls' School and Raffles Junior College before graduating from Stanford University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in electrical and electronics engineering. [2]
She subsequently went on to complete a Master of Business Administration degree at Harvard Business School in 2006. [4]
Following her graduation from Harvard Business School,she worked at Boston Consulting Group. [2] [5] She is currently a Managing Director and Partner at the BCG office in Singapore and is a core member of the firm's Technology,Media &Telecommunications and Financial Institutions practices. [6]
In 2016,Mariam was chosen to be a member of the Committee on the Future Economy,chaired by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat. [7] Mariam serves on the board of directors at the Government Technology Agency and at the Sentosa Development Corporation. [8] [9] [10] She is also on the board of governors at her alma mater,Raffles Girls' School. [11]
In the 2020 election,Mariam was nominated as a candidate of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) for Sembawang GRC. [12] On 10 July,she was elected to the Parliament,defeating the opposition candidates from the National Solidarity Party (NSP). [13]
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