Rahayu Mahzam

Rahayu Mahzam MP
Rahayu Mahzam

Member of the Singapore Parliament for Jurong GRC
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 September 2015
Personal details
Born	Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Political party	People's Action Party
Alma mater	National University of Singapore Raffles Girls School
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Islam

This is a Malay name; the name Mahzam is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Rahayu.

Rahayu Mahzam (born 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]

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.

Career

Rahayu is a lawyer by profession, specialising in civil litigation and family law.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

References

↑ "Ms Rahayu Binte Mahzam". Parliament of Singapore. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
1 2 Au-Yong, Rachel (9 September 2015). "GE2015: On the campaign trail with PAP's Rahayu Mahzam". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
↑ https://www.pap.org.sg/upload/item/2015Candidate/Rahayu%20Mahzam_CV_Statement_v.pdf
↑ "Lawyer Rahayu Mahzam, oncologist Tan Wu Meng join PAP's Jurong GRC team for coming GE". Today. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
↑ "Results". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2015-09-20.

Members of the 13th Parliament of Singapore (since 2016)

Speaker: Halimah Yacob

Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs)

Aljunied^WP	Chen, S M Lim, S L Low, T K Faisal Singh

Ang Mo Kio^PAP	Ang, H K David Gan, T P Intan Koh, P K Lee, H L

Bishan-Toa Payoh^PAP	Chee, H T Chong, K H Ng, E H Saktiandi Teo, L M

Chua Chu Kang^PAP	Gan, K Y Low, Y L Yee, C H Zaqy

East Coast^PAP	Lee, Y S Lim, S S Maliki Tan, S N

Holland-Bukit Timah^PAP	de Souza Liang, E H Sim, Ann Vivian

Jalan Besar^PAP	Heng, C H Neo, Lily Phua, L P Yaacob

Jurong^PAP	Ang, W N Lee, T S Rahayu Tharman Tan, W M

Marine Parade^PAP	Fatimah Goh, C T Seah, K P Tan, C J Tong, C F

Marsiling-Yew Tee^PAP	Halimah Ong, T K Wong, S T Yam, Z M

Nee Soon^PAP	Faishal Kwek, H C Lee, B W Ng, K K Shanmugam

Pasir Ris-Punggol^PAP	Ng, C M Puthucheary Sun, X L Teo, C H Teo, S L Zainal

Sembawang^PAP	Amrin Khaw, B W Lim, W K Ong, Y K Vikram

Tampines^PAP	Baey, Y K Cheng, L H Choo, P C Heng, S K Masagos

Tanjong Pagar^PAP	Chan, C S Chia, S L Indranee Pereira Yong, Y C

West Coast^PAP	Foo, M H Iswaran Lim, H K Tay, T G

Single Member Constituencies (SMCs)

Bukit Batok^PAP	~~Ong, K H~~→Pillai

Bukit Panjang^PAP	Teo, H P

Fengshan^PAP	Chan, W L

Hong Kah North^PAP	Khor, L S

Hougang^WP	Png, E H

MacPherson^PAP	Tin, P L

Mountbatten^PAP	Lim, B C

Pioneer^PAP	Foo, C K

Potong Pasir^PAP	Sitoh, Y P

Punggol East^PAP	Chong, Y F

Radin Mas^PAP	Tan, C S

Sengkang West^PAP	Lam, P M

Yuhua^PAP	Fu, H Y

Non-elected members

NCMP	Perera Tan, L F Goh, P S

NMPs	Azmoon Chia, Y Y Chua, K S Ganesh Kok, H L Kuik, S Y Mohan Tan, G K Thanaletchimi

The party affiliation of each member is indicated right after the constituency he or she represents. PAP: People's Action Party; WP: The Workers' Party
The NCMPs listed above are from the WP, while NMPs do not belong to any party.

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