About S. Jayakumar (Singaporean politician)
Shunmugam Jayakumar (born 12 August 1939) is a Singaporean former politician, diplomat, jurist and author who served as the 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2004 and 2009. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedok Constituency between 1980 and 1988, the Bedok division of Bedok Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 1988 and 1997, and the Bedok division of East Coast GRC between 1997 and 2011. Jayakumar served as Minister for Foreign Affairs between 1994 and 2004, Minister for Home Affairs between 1988 and 1994, Minister for Law between 1988 and 2008, Minister for Labour in 1984 and 1985, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security concurrently in 2009 and 2011. He became Deputy Prime Minister in 2004 after Lee Hsien Loong resigned to become Prime Minister. In June 2020, he was appointed Pro-Chancellor of the National University of Singapore (NUS). == Early life and education == Born in Singapore during British colonial rule, Jayakumar was educated at Raffles Institution before graduating from the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) with a Bachelor of Laws with honours degree and was called to the Bar in 1964. He subsequently went on to complete a Master of Laws degree at Yale Law School in 1966. == Career == === Academic career === Upon his graduation from Yale Law School, Jayakumar took on a lecturing position at the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Law between 1964 and 1981, assuming the position of Dean in 1974, which he held until 1980. === Diplomatic career === While teaching at NUS Faculty of Law, Jayakumar concurrently served as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Singapore's High Commissioner to Canada between 1971 and 1974. He was also a member of Singapore's delegation to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea between 1974 and 1979.
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