S. Jayakumar

Infobox Deputy Prime Minister
name = Professor S.Jayakumar (Shunmugam Jayakumar)


office = Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
term_start = 12 August 2004
term_end =
primeminister=Lee Hsien Loong
predecessor = Lee Hsien Loong
successor = Incumbent
office2 = Minister for Law
term_start2 = 1988
term_end2 = 30 April 2008
predecessor2 = E W Barker
successor2 = K Shanmugam
office3 = Coordinating Minister for National Security
term_start3 = 1 September 2005
term_end3 =
predecessor3 = Tan Keng Yam Tony
successor3 = Incumbent
office4 = Minister for Home Affairs (Singapore)
term_start4 = 1988
term_end4 = 2 January 1994
predecessor4 = Chua Sian Chin
successor4 = Wong Kan Seng
office5 = Minister for Foreign Affairs (Singapore)
term_start5 = 1994
term_end5 = 12 August 2004
predecessor5 = Wong Kan Seng
successor5 = George Yeo
office6 = Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN)
term_start6 = 1971
term_end6 = 1974
predecessor6 =
successor6 =
constituency_MP7 = Bedok, East Coast Group Representation Constituency
term_start7 = 1980
term_end7 =
predecessor7 =
successor7 = Incumbent
birth_date = Birth date and age|1939|08|12|df=yes
birth_place = Singapore
death_date =
death_place =
nationality = Singaporean
spouse = Dr. Lalitha Rajahram
party = People's Action Party
relations =
children = 3
residence =
alma_mater = National University of Singapore
occupation =
profession =
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Professor S.Jayakumar (Shunmugam Jayakumar) is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bedok Constituency in the East Coast GRC, and a Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore.

Prof Jayakumar received his early education in Raffles Institution and University of Singapore where he graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree. He was admitted to the Bar in 1964, and later furthering his education at Yale Law School and receiving his Master of Law in 1966.

Upon his return to Singapore, Prof Jayakumar took on a lecturing position at the Faculty of Law in the National University of Singapore between the years 1964 and 1981, assuming the position as Dean of the Faculty in 1974. In his career with the university, he also served as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) and High Commissioner to Canada between 1971 and 1974, and as a member of Singapore's delegation to the UN Law of the Sea Conference from 1974 to 1979. He also authored 3 books and 32 articles on the topics of constitutional law, international law and legal education.

In 1980, Prof Jayakumar was elected as Member of Parliament for Bedok Constituency, and was awarded the Public Service Star (BBM) that year. He returned to the same constituency in 1984 as an incumbent and as one of the three MPs of the newly-formed Group Representation Constituency (GRC) scheme in 1988. This was again the case, as one of the four MPs in the same GRC in the 1991 General Election (G.E.). He was re-elected as one of six MPs for the East Coast GRC in the 1997 G.E. In 2006, he was re-elected in the new five-member East Coast GRC.

In 1981, Prof Jayakumar was appointed as Minister of State for Law and Minister of State for Home Affairs, as Minister for Labour in 1984 and Minister for Home Affairs again in 1985, with a second portfolio as Second Minister for Law in that same year. In 1988, he was appointed Minister for Law and Minister for Home Affairs.

In November 1990, he was re-appointed Minister for Law and Minister for Home Affairs in the Government led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. He was re-appointed to these posts in September 1991.

On 2 January 1994, he relinquished his appointment as Minister for Home Affairs. He was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs while retaining his portfolio in Law. On 25 January 1997 he was re-appointed Minister for Law and Minister for Foreign Affairs. After the General Election in 2001, he was re-appointed to the same portfolios on 23 November 2001.

On 12 August 2004, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Law and he relinquished his appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the Cabinet of the new Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. On 1 September 2005 Jayakumar took over the role as Coordinating Minister for National Security from Dr. Tony Tan to oversee counter-terrorism policies in Singapore. He was re-appointed in all three portfolios of Deputy Prime Minister, Co-ordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Law by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 30 May 2006.

Prof Jayakumar stepped down as Minister for Law on 30 April 2008. [cite news| title=PM Lee unveils cabinet changes| url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/338040/1/.html| date=2008-03-29| accessdate=2007-03-29] [cite news| title=Shanmugam gets Law in new Cabinet line-up| url=http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_221942.html| date=2008-03-30| accessdate=2007-03-30]

References

Bibliography

*citation|last=Jayakumar|first=S.|title=The water issue: statement by Singapore Foreign Minister Prof S Jayakumar in Parliament, 25 Jan 2003|location=Singapore|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|year=2003:(Contains official documents, press statements and speeches, correspondence between ministers of Singapore and Malaysia and text of the water agreements)

*citation|last=Jayakumar|first=S.|title=The Southeast Asian drama: evolution and future challenges : Georgetown University inaugural distinguished lecture on Southeast Asia, Washington DC, 22 April 1996 |location=Singapore(?)|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs(?)|year=1996?

*cite book|editor-last=Jayakumar|editor-first=S.|editor-first2=chairman ... [et. al.] |title=People's Action Party 1954-1984 : Petir 30th anniversary issue|location=Singapore|publisher=Central Executive Committee, People's Action Party|year=1984

*citation|editor-last=Jayakumar|editor-first=S.|title=Our heritage and beyond : a collection of essays on Singapore, its past, present and future|location=Singapore|publisher=Singapore National Trades Union Congress|year=1982

*citation|last=Jayakumar|first=S.|last2=Chin|first2=Tet Yung|title=Report on the development of the Faculty of Law |location=Singapore|publisher=National University of Singapore|year=1981

*cite book|last=Jayakumar|first=S.|title=Constitutional law cases from Malaysia and Singapore|location=Singapore|publisher=Malayan Law Journal|year=1976

*cite book|last=Jayakumar|first=S.|title=Constitutional law, with documentary materials|location=Singapore|publisher=Malaya Law Review, Faculty of Law, University of Singapore|year=1976

*cite book|last=Jayakumar|first=S.|title=Public international law cases from Malaysia and Singapore|location=Singapore|publisher=Singapore University Press|year=1974

External links

* [http://www.cabinet.gov.sg/CabinetAppointments/Prof+S.+JAYAKUMAR.htm Official Biography of Prof. S. Jayakumar] in the Cabinet of Singapore.