| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Mariam Jaafar | |
| Native Name: | مريم بنت جعفر |
| Birth Date: | [1] |
| Birth Place: | Singapore |
| Constituency Mp1: | Sembawang GRC (Woodlands) |
| Term Start1: | 10 July 2020 |
| Predecessor1: | Amrin Amin (PAP) |
| Majority1: | 48,341 (34.58%) |
| Party: | People's Action Party |
| Alma Mater: | Stanford University (BS, MS) Harvard University (MBA) |
| Spouse: | Heng Teck Thai |
Mariam binte Jaafar (Jawi: مريم بنت جعفر; born 1977) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Woodlands division of Sembawang GRC since 2020.
Mariam grew up in a 1-room HDB flat with her parents and siblings.[2] Her father was a Malay language teacher while her mother was a nurse.[2]
She attended Raffles Girls' Primary School for three years before transferring to Bukit View Primary School. When she was 13 years old, Mariam received the MENDAKI Scholarship from then-Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.[3]
Mariam attended Raffles Girls' School and Raffles Junior College before graduating from Stanford University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in electrical and electronics engineering.[2]
She subsequently went on to complete a Master of Business Administration degree at Harvard Business School in 2006.[4]
Following her graduation from Harvard Business School, she worked at Boston Consulting Group.[5] She is currently a Managing Director and Partner at the BCG office in Singapore and is a core member of the firm's Technology, Media & Telecommunications and Financial Institutions practices.[6]
In 2016, Mariam was chosen to be a member of the Committee on the Future Economy, chaired by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat.[7] Mariam serves on the board of directors at the Government Technology Agency and at the Sentosa Development Corporation.[8] [9] [10] She is also on the board of governors at her alma mater, Raffles Girls' School.[11]
In the 2020 election, Mariam was nominated as a candidate of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) for Sembawang GRC.[12] On 10 July, she was elected to the Parliament, defeating the opposition candidates from the National Solidarity Party (NSP).[13]
Mariam is married to Heng Teck Thai.[14] [15]