Rahayu Mahzam

Rahayu Mahzam (Jawi: رحايو مهزم; born 31 August 1980) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary of Ministry for Health since 1 September 2020 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. [1] She has also been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jurong GRC for Bukit Batok East since 11 September 2015.[2]

The Honourable

Rahayu Mahzam

MP
رحايو مهزم
Parliamentary Secretary,
Ministry for Health
Assumed office
1 September 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterGan Kim Yong
Preceded byAmrin Amin
ConstituencyJurong GRC
(Bukit Batok East)
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Jurong GRC
(Bukit Batok East)
Assumed office
11 September 2015
Preceded byHalimah Yacob
Personal details
Born31 August 1980 (1980-08-31) (age 40)
Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Children1
Alma materNational University of Singapore
Raffles Girls' School
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
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.

Education

Rahayu had her early education at Raffles Girls' School.[3] She then went on to complete her LLB degree in 2003 at the National University of Singapore after completing her A Levels in Raffles Junior College.

Family

Rahayu is the eldest of three children.[4] She is married and gave birth to a baby boy in April 2017.[5]

Career

Professional career

Rahayu is a lawyer by profession, specialising in civil litigation and family law.[6] Formerly a Deputy Registrar of the Syariah Court in Singapore,[3] she is currently a partner at Heng, Leong & Srinivasan.

Political career

On 20 August 2015, the People's Action Party (PAP) announced that Rahayu is part of a five-member PAP team that will be contesting in Jurong GRC in the 2015 general election.[7] Rahayu was elected into Parliament following the 2015 Singapore General Elections, when their five-member PAP team won and clinched 79.29% of the electorate's valid votes.[8]

Rahayu was part of the taskforce set up to implement tighter regulations on formula milk manufacturers.[9]

Rahayu is part of the PAP team that successfully defended Jurong GRC in the 2020 general election.[10]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Ms Rahayu Binte Mahzam". Parliament of Singapore. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. 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 CV" (PDF).
  5. "Latest Singapore News and Headlines - Channel NewsAsia". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by
Halimah Yacob		 Member of Parliament for
Jurong GRC (Bukit Batok East)
2015 – present		 Incumbent
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