Singapore: First female president, Halimah Yacob emerges

Singapore has named its first female president, Halimah Yacob.

She got the job in a walkover because there were no other eligible candidates.

Two other possible candidates in the running businessmen Salleh Marican and Farid Khan did not make the cut following a recently tightened rule by the government.

Halimah, a popular public figure was widely expected t win the presidential election, but instead will begin her term amid controversy.

Mrs. Halimah, a former speaker of Singapore’s Parliament comes from the Malay ethnic minority.