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Tharman Shanmugaratnam [a] PPA(E) (born 25 February 1957) is a Singaporean politician and economist who has been the current and ninth president of Singapore since 2023. Prior to his presidency, Tharman served as Senior Minister of Singapore between 2019 and 2023, Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore between 2011 and 2023, and Deputy ...
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office.In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
On 23 March 2015, Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore and co-founder of the People's Action Party, died at the age of 91 at 03:18 Singapore Standard Time (), after having been hospitalised at the Singapore General Hospital with severe pneumonia since 5 February that year.
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause Ref Ahmad Ibrahim: PAP: Sembawang Constituency: 21 August 1962 35 Liver cancer [1] [2] N. Naidu Govindasamy: PAP: Radin Mas SMC: 14 February 1977 [3] Lim Guan Hoo: PAP: Bukit Merah: 30 June 1977 38 Stroke [4] Perumal Govindaswamy: PAP: Anson: 4 June 1978 67 Heart attack [5] Hon Sui Sen: PAP: Havelock: 14 ...
A spate of political scandals in Singapore, including a corruption case and the resignations of senior lawmakers, has been a "setback" to the ruling party, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong told ...
Singapore's Lawrence Wong, who becomes on Wednesday the wealthy city-state's first new prime minister in 20 years, took to Tiktok in the years before to engage with citizens, singing, playing ...
The prime minister of Singapore [a] is the head of government of Singapore. The president appoints the prime minister on the advice and consent of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent prime minister is Lawrence Wong, who took office on 15 May 2024. [1] Singapore is modelled after the Westminster system.
Singapore’s anti-graft agency, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), which reports directly to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, has been leading investigations into Iswaran’s case.