Rahayu Mahzam

Rahayu Mahzam (Jawi: رحايو مهزم; born 21 July 1980) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the Singapore-based People's Action Party (PAP), she currently serves as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Jurong Group Representation Constituency, or GRC in short.[1]

Rahayu Mahzam
رحايو مهزم
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Jurong GRC
Assumed office
11 September 2015
Personal details
Born21 July 1980 (1980-07-21) (age 39)
Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materNational University of Singapore Raffles Girls School
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
In this Malay name, the name Mahzam is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Rahayu.

Education

Rahayu had her early education at Raffles Girls' School.[2] 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 child of three children.[3] She is married and gave birth to a baby boy in April 2017.[4]

Career

Professional career

Rahayu is a lawyer by profession, specialising in civil litigation and family law.[5] Formerly a Deputy Registrar of the Syariah Court in Singapore,[2] 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.[6] 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.[7]

Rahayu was part of the taskforce set up to implement tighter regulations on formula milk manufacturers.[8]

References
  1. "Ms Rahayu Binte Mahzam". Parliament of Singapore. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. Au-Yong, Rachel (9 September 2015). "GE2015: On the campaign trail with PAP's Rahayu Mahzam". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. "Rahayu Mahzam CV" (PDF).
  4. "Latest Singapore News and Headlines - Channel NewsAsia". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2015-09-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Lawyer Rahayu Mahzam, oncologist Tan Wu Meng join PAP's Jurong GRC team for coming GE". Today. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  7. "Results". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  8. "Latest Singapore News and Headlines - Channel NewsAsia". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by
Halimah Yacob		 Member of Parliament for
Jurong GRC (Bukit Batok East)
2015 – present		 Incumbent
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