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| name = Shunmugam Jayakumar | | name = Shunmugam Jayakumar | ||
| native_name = {{nobold|சண்முகம் செயக்குமார்}} | | native_name = {{nobold|சண்முகம் செயக்குமார்}} | ||
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'''Shunmugam Jayakumar''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Darjah Utama Temasek|DUT (with High Distinction)]]}} ( | '''Shunmugam Jayakumar''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Darjah Utama Temasek|DUT (with High Distinction)]]}} ({{lang-ta|சண்முகம் செயக்குமார்}}; born 12 August 1939),<ref name="Corfield2010">{{cite book|author=Justin Corfield|title=Historical Dictionary of Singapore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vhBMmG9yXgYC&pg=PA124|date=2 December 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7387-2|pages=124–|access-date=9 April 2018|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806093545/https://books.google.com/books?id=vhBMmG9yXgYC&pg=PA124|url-status=live}}</ref> often known as '''S. Jayakumar''', is a Singaporean former politician, lawyer and diplomat of [[Tamil people|Tamil]] descent. He retired from politics in 2011. | ||
A former member of the governing [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), he previously served as Singapore's [[Senior Minister]] in the [[Cabinet of Singapore|Cabinet]] and the [[Co-ordinating Minister for National Security]] from 2009 to 2011, 6th [[Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore|Deputy Prime Minister]] from 2004 to 2009, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Singapore)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] from 1994 to 2004, [[Minister for Home Affairs (Singapore)|Minister for Home Affairs]] from 1988 to 1994, [[Ministry of Law (Singapore)|Minister for Law]] from 1988 to 2008, and [[Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)|Minister for Labour]] from 1984 to 1985. He was a member of parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bedok within the [[East Coast Group Representation Constituency]]. | A former member of the governing [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), he previously served as Singapore's [[Senior Minister]] in the [[Cabinet of Singapore|Cabinet]] and the [[Co-ordinating Minister for National Security]] from 2009 to 2011, 6th [[Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore|Deputy Prime Minister]] from 2004 to 2009, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Singapore)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] from 1994 to 2004, [[Minister for Home Affairs (Singapore)|Minister for Home Affairs]] from 1988 to 1994, [[Ministry of Law (Singapore)|Minister for Law]] from 1988 to 2008, and [[Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)|Minister for Labour]] from 1984 to 1985. He was a member of parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bedok within the [[East Coast Group Representation Constituency]]. | ||