Abdullah Tarmugi

Abdullah bin Tarmugi
Member of Parliament for Siglap Smc
In office 1984–1991
Member of Parliament for Bedok GRC
In office 1991–1996
Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC
In office 1996–2011
7th Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
In office 2002–2011
President	S.R. Nathan
Prime Minister	Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy	Matthias Yao Chih Ms Indranee Rajah S Iswaran Chew Heng Ching Mrs Lim Hwee Hua
Preceded by	Tan Soo Khoon
Succeeded by	Michael Palmer
Personal details
Born	(1944-08-25) 25 August 1944 Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Political party	People's Action Party
Alma mater	Raffles Institution University of Singapore University of London
Occupation	Politician
Religion	Islam

This is a Malay name; the name Tarmugi is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Abdullah.

Abdullah bin Tarmugi (born 25 August 1944) is a former Singaporean politician. He was the Speaker of Parliament and a Member of Parliament (MP) for East Coast Group Representation Constituency (East Coast GRC) from 1996 to 2011.

Born to a Javanese father and a Chinese mother, Abdullah's father was a low salaried surveyor's assistant and his grandfather ran a provision shop.

Abdullah studied at Raffles Institution and obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Singapore, followed by a post-graduate diploma in urban studies from the University of London in 1972 under a Commonwealth Scholarship.

Abdullah has been a MP since 1984, starting out at Siglap constituency and later Bedok Group Representation Constituency (Bedok GRC) from 1991 to 1996. After Bedok GRC and Eunos GRC was merged to form East Coast GRC in 1997, Abdullah still remained in the Siglap ward but under East Coast GRC. Abdullah was the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports and the Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs from 1994 to 2000 and 2000 to 2002 respectively. Abdullah was also the Deputy Speaker of Parliament from 1989 to 1993 before becoming the Speaker of Parliament on 25 March 2002,.

Abdullah announced his retirement from politics on March 24, 2011, prior to the 2011 general elections. In January 2012, Abdullah was appointed to the Presidential Council for Minority Rights by Singapore President Tony Tan.

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Political offices
Preceded by Ahmad Mattar	Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs 1996 – 24 March 2002	Succeeded by Yaacob Ibrahim
Preceded by Yeo Cheow Tong	Acting Minister for Community Development and Sports Minister for Community Development and Sports 2 January 1994 – 14 January 1996 15 January 1996 – 31 March 2000
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by Tan Soo Khoon	Speaker of Parliament 2002–2011	Succeeded by Michael Palmer