SINGAPORE – Supreme Court judge Valerie Thean will take up a new role on April 1 when she becomes deputy attorney-general.
The appointment will be for a two-year term, said the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in a statement on March 23.
Justice Thean, who has been a Supreme Court judge since 2017, will resign from the Bench on March 31 before taking up the new appointment.
She will join a team of deputy attorneys-general that includes Mr Lionel Yee, Mr Tai Wei Shyong and Mr Goh Yihan.
Justice Thean was awarded the President’s Scholarship in 1988 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) from Downing College in Cambridge University in 1991.
