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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.
06:30: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and also eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew declared a seven-day period of national mourning. [5] 08:00: The Prime Minister made a statement in Malay, Mandarin and English formally announcing the death. [6] All radio and television stations carried the address "live".
Shanmugaratnam had three children, one of whom is statesman and economist Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2011 and 2019 and is the 9th and current president of Singapore. [3] He died on 28 July 2018, at the age of 97, at his home in Singapore. [10] [1] [11] [9] [12] [13]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday sought to reassure the public after a spate of political scandals rocked his ruling party in recent months and amid ...
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 ...
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 ...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said he will hand leadership of the ruling People's Action Party to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as soon as the party ...