Shunmugam Jayakumar

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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).