The spouse of the president of Singapore is sometimes called the first lady or first gentleman, although it is a term of courtesy not enshrined in the

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. By tradition, an official

portrait A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this r ...

of the spouse of the

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is prominently displayed in government buildings alongside the portrait of the president, whose role as

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is largely ceremonial. In December 1959, Noor Aishah, wife of Singapore's first locally born head of state

Yusof Ishak Yusof bin Ishak (12 August 191023 November 1970) was a Singaporean politician and journalist who served as the first president of Singapore from 1965 until his death in 1970. Prior to becoming head of state, Yusof was a well-known journalis ...

, became the first person to assume the role at the age of 26. Her biography, ''Puan Noor Aishah: Singapore's First Lady'', was published in 2017. On 14 September 2017, Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee became the first male spouse of a president of Singapore, after his wife

Halimah Yacob Halimah Yacob (Jawi script: ; born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician and former lawyer who has been serving as the eighth president of Singapore since 2017. Prior to her presidency, she was the country's Speaker of the Parliament of S ...

won the 2017 presidential election by an uncontested walkover.

List of spouses of the president of Singapore

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List of spouses of the president of Singapore

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