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Raeesah Khan, the Glossary

Raeesah Begum bte Farid Khan (Jawi: راعيسىه خن; born 10 November 1993) is a Singaporean social activist and former politician.^[1]

42 relations: Aljunied Group Representation Constituency, Arab Singaporeans, Bachelor of Commerce, CNA (TV network), Compassvale, Daniel Goh, Desmond Tan (politician), Edwin Tong, Grassroots, Group representation constituency, He Ting Ru, Independent politician, Indian Singaporeans, Indranee Rajah, Jamus Lim, Jawi script, K. Shanmugam, Louis Chua, Malay Singaporeans, Masagos Zulkifli, Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore), Muhamad Faisal Manap, Murdoch University, Pakistani diaspora, Parliament of Singapore, Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency, People's Action Party, Pritam Singh (Singaporean politician), Rahayu Mahzam, Sengkang Group Representation Constituency, Shingles, Singapore, Singapore Police Force, Sylvia Lim, Tan Chuan-Jin, Teo Ser Luck, Upset (competition), Workers' Party (Singapore), Zaqy Mohamad, 14th Parliament of Singapore, 2017 Singaporean presidential election, 2020 Singaporean general election.
Singaporean people of Arab descent
Singaporean people of Pakistani descent
Singaporean politicians of Indian descent
Singaporean politicians of Malay descent
Workers' Party (Singapore) politicians

Aljunied Group Representation Constituency

The Aljunied Group Representation Constituency is a five-member group representation constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern and eastern region of Singapore.

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Arab Singaporeans

The majority of the Arabs in Singapore are Hadharem and traced their ancestry to the southern Arabian Peninsula in Hadramaut, Yemen. Raeesah Khan and Arab Singaporeans are Singaporean people of Arab descent.

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Bachelor of Commerce

A Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) is an undergraduate degree in business, management, economics or accounting, awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, Myanmar, Egypt, and additional Commonwealth countries.

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CNA (TV network)

CNA (stylised as cna; an initialism derived from the previous name, Channel NewsAsia) is a Singaporean multinational news channel owned by Mediacorp, the country's state-owned media conglomerate.

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Compassvale

Compassvale is a neighbourhood of Sengkang New Town, and is located between Rivervale and Anchorvale.

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Daniel Goh

Daniel Goh Pei Siong (p; born 1973) is a Singaporean sociologist and former politician. Raeesah Khan and Daniel Goh are members of the Parliament of Singapore and Workers' Party (Singapore) politicians.

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Desmond Tan (politician)

Desmond Tan Kok Ming (p; born 13 September 1970) is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former brigadier-general who has been serving as Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office since 2024 and Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trade Union Congress since 2022. Raeesah Khan and Desmond Tan (politician) are members of the Parliament of Singapore.

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Edwin Tong

Edwin Tong Chun Fai (p; born 1969) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law concurrently since 2020. Raeesah Khan and Edwin Tong are members of the Parliament of Singapore.

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Grassroots

A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or economic movement.

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Group representation constituency

A group representation constituency (GRC) is a type of electoral division or constituency in Singapore in which teams of candidates, instead of individual candidates, compete to be elected into Parliament as the Members of Parliament (MPs) for the constituency.

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He Ting Ru

He Ting Ru (p; born 16 June 1983) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. Raeesah Khan and He Ting Ru are members of the Parliament of Singapore, Singaporean women in politics and Workers' Party (Singapore) politicians.

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Independent politician

An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.

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Indian Singaporeans

Indian Singaporeans are Singaporeans of Indian or of general South Asian ancestry.

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Indranee Rajah

Indranee Thurai Rajah (translit; born 1963) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance since 2018, Second Minister for National Development and Leader of the House since 2020. Raeesah Khan and Indranee Rajah are members of the Parliament of Singapore, Singaporean politicians of Indian descent and Singaporean women in politics.

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Jamus Lim

Jamus Jerome Lim Chee Wui (born 1976) is a Singaporean politician, economist and associate professor. Raeesah Khan and Jamus Lim are members of the Parliament of Singapore and Workers' Party (Singapore) politicians.

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Jawi script

Jawi (جاوي; Jawoë; Kelantan-Pattani: Yawi) is a writing system used for writing several languages of Southeast Asia, such as Acehnese, Malay, Mëranaw, Minangkabau, Tausūg, and Ternate.

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K. Shanmugam

Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam (translit; born 26 March 1959), better known as K. Shanmugam, is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Minister for Law since 2008 and Minister for Home Affairs since 2015. Raeesah Khan and k. Shanmugam are members of the Parliament of Singapore and Singaporean politicians of Indian descent.

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Louis Chua

Louis Chua Kheng Wee (born 1987) is a Singaporean politician. Raeesah Khan and Louis Chua are members of the Parliament of Singapore and Workers' Party (Singapore) politicians.

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Malay Singaporeans

Malay Singaporeans (Orang Melayu Singapura) are Singaporeans with general ancestry from the Malay world.

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Masagos Zulkifli

Masagos Zulkifli bin Masagos Mohamad (Jawi: ماسڬوس ذوالكفل; born 1963) is a Singaporean politician. Raeesah Khan and Masagos Zulkifli are members of the Parliament of Singapore and Singaporean politicians of Malay descent.

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Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA; Kementerian Ehwal Dalam Negeri; 内政部; உள்துறை அமைச்சு), sometimes referred to as the Home Team, is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for overseeing the national security, public security, civil defence, border control and immigration of Singapore.

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Muhamad Faisal Manap

Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap (Jawi: محمد فيصل بن عبد المناف; born 1975) is a Singaporean politician. Raeesah Khan and Muhamad Faisal Manap are members of the Parliament of Singapore, Singaporean politicians of Malay descent and Workers' Party (Singapore) politicians.

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Murdoch University

Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai.

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Pakistani diaspora

Overseas Pakistanis (بیرون ملک پاکستانی نژاد), or the Pakistani diaspora, refers to Pakistanis who live outside of Pakistan. These include citizens that have migrated to another country as well as people born abroad of Pakistani descent. According to the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, approximately 8.8 million Pakistanis live abroad according to December 2017 estimates.

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Parliament of Singapore

The Parliament of Singapore is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Singapore, which governs the country alongside the president of Singapore.

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Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency

The Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore.

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People's Action Party

The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major conservative political party of the centre-right in Singapore.

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Pritam Singh (Singaporean politician)

Pritam Singh (born 2 August 1976) is a Singaporean politician, author, and lawyer who has been the Secretary-General of the Workers' Party since 2018, and Leader of the Opposition since 2020. Raeesah Khan and Pritam Singh (Singaporean politician) are members of the Parliament of Singapore, Singaporean politicians of Indian descent and Workers' Party (Singapore) politicians.

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Rahayu Mahzam

Rahayu binte Mahzam (Jawi: رحايو مهزم; born 21 July 1980) is a Singaporean politician. Raeesah Khan and Rahayu Mahzam are members of the Parliament of Singapore, Singaporean politicians of Malay descent and Singaporean women in politics.

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Sengkang Group Representation Constituency

The Sengkang Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore.

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Shingles

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Singapore Police Force

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is the national and principal law enforcement agency responsible for the prevention of crime and law enforcement in the Republic of Singapore.

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Sylvia Lim

Sylvia Lim Swee Lian (born 28 March 1965) is a Singaporean politician, lawyer, former police officer and Temasek Polytechnic law lecturer. Raeesah Khan and Sylvia Lim are members of the Parliament of Singapore, Singaporean women in politics and Workers' Party (Singapore) politicians.

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Tan Chuan-Jin

Tan Chuan-Jin (born 10 January 1969) is a Singaporean former politician and brigadier-general. Raeesah Khan and Tan Chuan-Jin are members of the Parliament of Singapore.

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Teo Ser Luck

Teo Ser Luck (Teochew pronunciation in Tâi-lô: Tionn Sir-la̍k; born 8 June 1968) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister of State for Manpower between 2015 and 2017, Minister of State for Trade and Industry between 2011 and 2015 and Mayor of North East District between 2009 and 2017. Raeesah Khan and Teo Ser Luck are members of the Parliament of Singapore.

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Upset (competition)

An upset occurs in a competition, frequently in electoral politics or sports, when the party popularly expected to win (the "favorite") is defeated by (or, in the case of sports, ties with) an underdog whom the majority expects to lose, defying the conventional wisdom.

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Workers' Party (Singapore)

The Workers' Party (abbreviation: WP) is a major social democratic political party in Singapore and one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and the opposition Progress Singapore Party (PSP).

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Zaqy Mohamad

Zaqy bin Mohamad (Jawi: زاقي محمد; born 1974) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Deputy Leader of the House, Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Senior Minister of State for Defence concurrently since 2020. Raeesah Khan and Zaqy Mohamad are members of the Parliament of Singapore and Singaporean politicians of Malay descent.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raeesah_Khan

Also known as Raeesah Begum binte Farid Khan.

Raeesah Khan, the Glossary

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See also

Singaporean people of Arab descent

Singaporean people of Pakistani descent

Singaporean politicians of Indian descent

Singaporean politicians of Malay descent

Workers' Party (Singapore) politicians

References