Yaacob Ibrahim

Yaacob Ibrahim
يعقوب إبراهيم
Yaacob in 2006
Minister-in-charge of Cyber Security
In office
1 November 2015 – 30 April 2018
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byS. Iswaran
Minister for Communications and Information
In office
21 May 2011 – 30 April 2018
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Second MinisterLawrence Wong
(2014–2015)
Preceded byLui Tuck Yew
(as Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts)
Succeeded byS. Iswaran
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
In office
12 August 2004 – 20 May 2011
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byLim Swee Say
(as Minister for the Environment)
Succeeded byVivian Balakrishnan
Minister for Community Development and Sports
In office
12 May 2003 – 11 August 2004
Acting: 25 March 2002 – 11 May 2003
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded byAbdullah Tarmugi
Succeeded byVivian Balakrishnan
(as Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports)
Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs
In office
25 March 2002 – 30 April 2018
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded byAbdullah Tarmugi
Succeeded byMasagos Zulkifli
Personal details
Born (1955-10-03) 3 October 1955 (age 69)[1]
Colony of Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Singapore
Stanford University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • engineer
  • professor

Yaacob bin Ibrahim (Jawi: يعقوب بن إبراهيم; born 3 October 1955)[1] is a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs between 2002 and 2018, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports between 2002 and 2004, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources between 2004 and 2011, Minister for Communications and Information between 2011 and 2018, and Minister-in-charge of Cyber Security between 2015 and 2018.[2][3][4] A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Kolam Ayer division of Jalan Besar GRC between 1997 and 2020.

  1. ^ a b "Connect Asia Pacific 2013".
  2. ^ "Member's Profile". parliament.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Yaacob Ibrahim". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.[self-published]
  4. ^ hermes (24 June 2020). "Yaacob Ibrahim bids farewell to politics after 23 years as MP". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.