Rahayu Mahzam

The Honourable
Rahayu Mahzam
رحايو مهزم
Minister of State for Health
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 May 2024
Prime MinisterLawrence Wong
MinisterOng Ye Kung
Minister of State for Communications and Information
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 May 2024
Prime MinisterLawrence Wong
MinisterJosephine Teo
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health
In office
13 June 2022 – 14 May 2024
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterOng Ye Kung
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law
In office
13 June 2022 – 14 May 2024
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
MinisterK. Shanmugam
Preceded bySim Ann
(2011)
Succeeded byMurali Pillai
(As Minister of State)
Parliamentary Secretary for Communications and Information
In office
15 May 2021 – 12 June 2022
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterJosephine Teo
Parliamentary Secretary for Health
In office
1 September 2020 – 12 June 2022
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterGan Kim Yong (2020)
Ong Ye Kung (2021)
Member of Parliament
for Jurong GRC
(Bukit Batok East)
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 September 2015
Preceded byHalimah Yacob
Majority60,501 (49.24%)
Personal details
Born (1980-07-21) 21 July 1980 (age 44)[1]
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Children1
Alma materNational University of Singapore (LLB)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer
In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Mahzam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Rahayu.

Rahayu binte Mahzam (Jawi: رحايو مهزم; born 21 July 1980)[1] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been serving as Minister of State for Health and Minister of State for Communications and Information concurrently since 2024.[2] She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bukit Batok East division of Jurong GRC since 2015.[3]

A lawyer by profession, Rahayu specialises in civil litigation and family law. She made her political debut in the 2015 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC and won 79.3% of the vote.

  1. ^ a b "MP | Parliament Of Singapore". www.parliament.gov.sg.
  2. ^ "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (May 2024)". 14 May 2024.
  3. ^ Mahmud, Aqil Haziq. "Four new MPs-elect appointed Ministers of State, including former SAF general Gan Siow Huang". Channel News Asia. Retrieved 25 July 2020.