Rahayu Mahzam
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Rahayu binte Mahzam (Jawi: رحايو مهزم; born 1980)[1] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been serving as Minister of State for Health and Minister of State for Communications and Information concurrently since 2024.[2] She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bukit Batok East division of Jurong GRC since 2015.[3]
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Rahayu Mahzam | |
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رحايو مهزم | |
Minister of State for Health | |
Assumed office 15 May 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Lawrence Wong |
Minister | Ong Ye Kung |
Minister of State for Communications and Information | |
Assumed office 15 May 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Lawrence Wong |
Minister | Josephine Teo |
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health | |
In office 13 June 2022 – 14 May 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Ong Ye Kung |
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law | |
In office 13 June 2022 – 14 May 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
Minister | K. Shanmugam |
Parliamentary Secretary for Communications and Information | |
In office 15 May 2021 – 12 June 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Josephine Teo |
Parliamentary Secretary for Health | |
In office 1 September 2020 – 12 June 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
Minister | Gan Kim Yong (2020) Ong Ye Kung (2021) |
Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC (Bukit Batok East) | |
Assumed office 11 September 2015 | |
Preceded by | Halimah Yacob |
Majority | 60,501 (49.24%) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1980 (age 43–44)[1] Singapore |
Political party | People's Action Party |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | National University of Singapore (LLB) |
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In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Mahzam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Rahayu.
A lawyer by profession, Rahayu specialises in civil litigation and family law. She made her political debut in the 2015 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC and won 79.3% of the vote.