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The term of president was previously 4 years, with it being extended to 6 years following the 1991 constitutional amendment. [12] Two presidents, Yusof and Benjamin Sheares, have died in office. [13] [14] Devan Nair was the first president to resign mid-term. [15] S. R. Nathan was the longest serving president, serving as president for 12 years ...
The president must not be less than 45 years of age. [47] The president's name must appear in a current register of electors. [48] The president must be resident in Singapore at the date of their nomination for election, and must have been so resident for periods amounting in the aggregate to not less than ten years prior to that date. [49]
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Statue of Stamford Raffles, the first British governor of Singapore. This is a timeline of Singaporean history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Singapore and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Singapore. See also the list of years in Singapore
President Halimah Yacob at the inauguration of the South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul, 10 May 2022. Halimah was sworn in as the President of Singapore on 14 September 2017 at The Istana. [58] She became Singapore's first female president and the first Malay president in 47 years. [59]
Presidential candidate: Tan Kah Kee: 陈嘉庚: 21 October 1874: 12 August 1961: Clan leader, businessman, philanthropist Tan Keng Yam Tony: 陈庆炎: 7 February 1940 Politician, 7th President of Singapore: Tan Kim Ching: 陳金鐘: 1829: February 1892: Businessman, politician, Kapitan China of Singapore Tan Kin Lian: 陈钦亮: 9 March 1948 ...
Between 2 Oceans: A Military History of Singapore from 1275 to 1971 (2nd ed. Marshall Cavendish International Asia, 2011). Ong, Siang Song. One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore (Oxford University Press--Singapore, 1984) online. Perry, John Curtis. Singapore: Unlikely Power (Oxford University Press, 2017). Tan, Kenneth Paul (2007).
He was the longest-serving president in Singapore's history and the only one to serve two full terms. In January 2010, Nathan surpassed his predecessor Benjamin Sheares to become Singapore's longest-serving President. In August of that same year, he surpassed Yusof Ishak as Singapore's longest-serving Head of State. Nathan was reportedly ...