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This is a head-and-shoulder portrait of Mr. Abdullah bin Tarmugi (b.1944), Minister in-charge of Muslim Affairs from 1 July 1993 to 24 March 2002. He was a student at Monk's Hill Primary School and Raffles Institution (1959-1964); Urban Sociologist (1970-1977) and later Senior Statistician/Planning Analyst at Ministry of National Development (1977-1980); Feature Writer (1980-1982) and later Associate News Editor with The Straits Times (1982-1984); Research Manager with Singapore Press Holdings (1984-Jun 1993); Minister of State for the Environment (Jul 1993-Apr 1995); Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs (Apr 1995-Jan 1996); Acting Minister (Jan 1994-Jan 1996) and later Minister for Community Development (Jan 1996-Mar 2000); Minister for Community Development and Sports (Apr 2000-Mar 2002); Deputy Speaker (Jan 1989-Jun 1993) and later the seventh Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore (Mar 2002-2011); Member (1989-1990), First Deputy Chairman (1991-May 1993) and later Chairman of Board of Directors of Yayasan MENDAKI (May 1993-Feb 2002); Chairman of PAP Malay Affairs Bureau (1991-1998); and People's Action Party Member of Parliament for Siglap (Dec 1984-Aug 1991), Bedok GRC (Aug 1991-Dec 1996) and East Coast GRC (Siglap) (Dec 1996-2011). His wife, Mrs. Shirley Abdullah, was Principal of Monk's Hill Secondary School (1998-2002). Title devised by Library staff.