Professor S Jayakumar

Professor Shunmugam Jayakumar (born August 12, 1939) is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Law of Singapore since 12 August 2004. He is known officially as S Jayakumar. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bedok Constituency in the East Coast GRC. He was the foreign minister of Singapore from 1994 to 2004. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The politics of Singapore is based on a unitary state with a Westminister system of parliamentary government. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the governmental foreign policy of a sovereign nation. ...

He studied in Raffles Institution and University of Singapore where he graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree. He was admitted to the Bar in 1964. He later received his Master of Law in Yale Law School and taught at the Faculty of Law in the National University of Singapore. He became the Dean of the Law Faculty in 1974. From 1971 to 1974, he served as Singapore's Permenent Representative to the United Nation and High Commissioner to Canada. Name Raffles Institution Abbreviation RI School Code 3009 Chinese Name 莱佛士书院 Pinyin Láifóshì ShÅ«yuàn Malay Institusi Raffles Tamil ராப்பிள்ஸ் கல்வி நிலையம் Address 1 Raffles Institution Lane Country Singapore Town Bishan Founded 5 June 1823 Type Independent, Single Session Students Boys Levels Secondary 1 to 4 Colours Green Black White Motto... The National University of Singapores (Abbreviated NUS; Chinese: 新加坡国立大学; Abbreviated 国大) flagship Kent Ridge campus is located in the southwest of the Republic of Singapore at Kent Ridge, bounded by the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), Clementi Road, Buona Vista Road and Kent Ridge Park, with an area of approximately 1. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yale Law School is one of the professional schools of Yale University, based in New Haven, Connecticut. ... The National University of Singapores (Abbreviated NUS; Chinese: 新加坡国立大学; Abbreviated 国大) flagship Kent Ridge campus is located in the southwest of the Republic of Singapore at Kent Ridge, bounded by the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), Clementi Road, Buona Vista Road and Kent Ridge Park, with an area of approximately 1. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ...

In 1980, Jayakumar was elected as Member of Parliament and was later appointed as Minister of State for Law and Minister of State for Home Affairs in 1981. He became Minister for Labour in 1984 and Minister of Home Affairs in 1985. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

He can be considered the Singaporean equivalent of Andrei Gromyko, the former Soviet Union's foreign minster as he, like Gromyko, hardly smiles and has very little humor. This misconception is down to his legal professionalism (as a professor of law) and his diplomat past - his coworkers, friends and family find him a totally different, charming entity. Andrei Andreyevitch Gromyko (Андре́й Андре́евич Громы́ко) (July 18 (July 5, Old Style), 1909 – July 2, 1989) was foreign minister and chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. ...

External links

• http://www.cabinet.gov.sg/pjaya.htm - Official Biography