Halimah Yacob
Halimah was born on 23 August 1954 at her family house in Singapore. She is an Indian Muslim. Her father is also an Indian Muslim. She is of Malay descent. Her father was a guard. He died of a heart attack when she was eight. Yacob and her four siblings grew up with their mother. Her family was poor. She helped her mother sell nasi padang- a type of food-  outside the Singapore Polytechnic (now Bestway Building).