President of Singapore
The eighth and current president, Halimah Yacob, a former Speaker of Parliament took office on 14 September 2017, becoming the first president elected as she was the sole eligible candidate under the new reform terms which took effect earlier that year. She is the first Malay head of state in 47 years since the death of the first President of Singapore, Yusof Ishak. She is also the first female President of Singapore.