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Tharman Shanmugaratnam [a] PPA(E) (born 25 February 1957), also known mononymously as Tharman, is a Singaporean politician and economist who has been serving as the ninth president of Singapore since 2023.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam (born 1957) Senior Minister: 14 September 2023 Incumbent (14 September 2029) 1 year, 111 days 2023: 1,749,261 (70.41%) [30] Timeline. See also
This is a list of international presidential trips made by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the 9th President of Singapore.. President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who took the office of President of Singapore on 14 September 2023, made his first overseas presidential state visit to meet with his counter-part Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah on 25 January 2024 at Bandar Seri Begawan. [1]
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957-) – Singapore's ninth and current president (since 2023). Formerly a Senior Minister for Social Policies. Mr Tharman was Singapore's first Indian Minister for Education and later Minister for Finance and Deputy Prime Minister.
Born in Singapore in 1921, Shanmugaratnam was one of five children, and was of Ceylonese Tamil Hindu descent. [3] His father was a teacher. After his completing secondary school education at Victoria School, Shanmugaratnam enrolled into the King Edward VII College of Medicine in 1937, but his education was disrupted by World War II and the Japanese occupation. [4]
Tharman Shanmugaratnam (2020–2023) 2 ^ Ong died on 14 July 2008 due to a heart failure. However, no by-election was called since it was a Group Representation Constituency (GRC), and the workload for the Bukit Batok division was given to Halimah Yacob .
Tharman Shanmugaratnam The Coordinating Minister for Social Policies was an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore , initially introduced in 2015 to cover both economic and social policies. However, the economic policy portfolio was dropped when the role was redesignated in 2019.
The First Lawrence Wong Cabinet is composed of the following members. On 16 April 2024, then Prime Minister-designate Lawrence Wong announced that then outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong would assume the office of Senior Minister and stay on in his cabinet after stepping down as the Prime Minister on 15 May 2024.