Mariam Jaafar

Mariam grew up in a 1-room HDB flat with her parents and siblings.{{cite news|last=Nazren|first=Fasiha|date=7 July 2020|title=From a 1-room flat to Harvard University, PAP candidate Mariam Jaafar shares why she has the heart to serve|url=https://mothership.sg/2020/07/mariam-jaafar-interview/|access-date=13 July 2020}} Her father was a Malay language teacher while her mother was a nurse.

She attended Raffles Girls' Primary School for three years before transferring to Bukit View Primary School. When she was 13 years old, Mariam received the MENDAKI Scholarship from then-Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.{{Cite web|title=Miss Mariam Jaafar with her parents after receiving Scholarship Award by MENDAKI, 19 February 1990 - BookSG - National Library Board, Singapore|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/image.aspx?id=170b1ad4-5ad7-4df7-8451-24ef859b3bd8|access-date=2020-07-30|website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg}}

Mariam attended Raffles Girls' School and Raffles Junior College before graduating from Stanford University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in electrical and electronics engineering.

She subsequently went on to complete a Master of Business Administration degree at Harvard Business School in 2006.{{Cite web|last=Lim|first=Kimberly Anne|date=2020-04-01|title=Is this Harvard Business School grad taking over Woodlands ward?|url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/harvard-business-school-grad-taking-over-woodlands-ward|access-date=2020-07-30|website=AsiaOne|language=en}}

Following her graduation from Harvard Business School, she worked at Boston Consulting Group.{{cite news |date= 15 June 2020|title= Will we see more women in the upcoming Singapore GE than in 2015?|url= https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/will-we-see-more-women-upcoming-singapore-ge-2015|access-date= 13 July 2020}} She is currently a Managing Director and Partner at the BCG office in Singapore and is a core member of the firm's Technology, Media & Telecommunications and Financial Institutions practices.{{Cite web|title=Mariam Jaafar|url=https://www.bcg.com/about/people/experts/mariam-jaafar|website=The Boston Consulting Group}}

In 2016, Mariam was chosen to be a member of the Committee on the Future Economy, chaired by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat.{{Cite web|last=Chia|first=Yan Min|date=2015-12-21|title=30-member committee assembled to plot the future of Singapore's economy|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/30-member-committee-assembled-to-plot-the-future-of-singapores-economy|access-date=2020-07-30|website=The Straits Times|language=en}} Mariam serves on the board of directors at the Government Technology Agency and at the Sentosa Development Corporation.{{Cite web|last=Chew|first=Hui Min|date=2016-09-30|title=New boards appointed for restructured technology, info-communications and media government agencies|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-boards-appointed-for-restructured-technology-info-communications-and-media-government|access-date=2020-07-30|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Our Team|url=https://www.tech.gov.sg/who-we-are/our-team/|access-date=2020-07-30|website=Government Technology Agency|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-04-01|title=Board changes at the Sentosa Development Corporation|url=https://www.mti.gov.sg/-/media/MTI/Newsroom/Press-Releases/2020/03/MTI-press-release-on-board-changes-at-SDC-final.pdf|website=Ministry of Trade and Industry}} She is also on the board of governors at her alma mater, Raffles Girls' School.{{Cite web|title=Our People|url=https://www.rgs.edu.sg/about/our-people|access-date=2020-07-30|website=Raffles Girls' School}}

In the 2020 election, Mariam was nominated as a candidate of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) for Sembawang GRC.{{cite news|last=Yuen|first=Sin|date=29 June 2020|title=Singapore GE2020: Two new faces in Ong Ye Kung's PAP Sembawang team|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/two-new-faces-in-ong-ye-kungs-pap-sembawang-team|access-date=13 July 2020}} On 10 July, she was elected to the Parliament, defeating the opposition candidates from the National Solidarity Party (NSP).{{cite news |date= 11 July 2020|title= GE2020 results: PAP wins Sembawang GRC with 67.29% of the votes over NSP|url= https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/ge2020-results-pap-wins-sembawang-grc-6729-votes-over-nsp|access-date= 13 July 2020}}

Mariam is appointed as Vice-Chairperson of Sembawang Town Council (SBTC) since 2020.

Mariam is married to Heng Teck Thai.{{Cite web|title=Mariam Jaafar|url=https://www.pap.org.sg/representative/mariam-jaafar/|access-date=2020-07-30|website=People's Action Party|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Seow|first=Kai Lun|date=2020-07-06|title=It's all about family: GE2020 candidates share heartwarming stories of family support during this campaign period|url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/its-all-about-family-ge2020-candidates-share-heartwarming-stories-family-support-during|access-date=2020-08-01|website=AsiaOne|language=en}}

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Category:1977 births

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