SINGAPORE: The President has appointed Justice Valerie Thean as deputy attorney-general for a two-year term starting Apr 1, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Monday (Mar 23).
Justice Thean was appointed judicial commissioner of the Supreme Court in September 2014 and was subsequently appointed judge in September 2017. She will resign from office on Mar 31 to to assume the role of deputy attorney-general.
She will join the current team of deputy attorneys-general, which includes Mr Lionel Yee, Mr Tai Wei Shyong and Mr Goh Yihan.
A recipient of the President’s Scholarship in 1988, Justice Thean graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in 1991 and went on to earn a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1995.
