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Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
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Tharman in Rome, Italy in 2026 |
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Assumed office
14 September 2023 |
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| Preceded by | Halimah Yacob
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In office
1 May 2011 – 8 July 2023 | | Succeeded by | Lawrence Wong
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In office
1 May 2019 – 7 July 2023 | | Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
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| Preceded by | Vacant |
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| Succeeded by | Lee Hsien Loong |
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In office
1 October 2015 – 7 July 2023
Economic and Social Policies: 1 October 2015 – 30 April 2019 | | Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
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| Succeeded by | Heng Swee Keat
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Ong Ye Kung
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In office
21 May 2011 – 30 April 2019Serving with Teo Chee Hean | | Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
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| Preceded by | Wong Kan Seng
S. Jayakumar |
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| Succeeded by | Heng Swee Keat
Lawrence Wong |
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In office
1 December 2007 – 30 September 2015 | | Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
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| Second Minister | Lim Hwee Hua |
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| Preceded by | Lee Hsien Loong |
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| Succeeded by | Heng Swee Keat |
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21 May 2011 – 31 July 2012 | | Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
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| Preceded by | Gan Kim Yong |
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| Succeeded by | Tan Chuan-Jin |
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1 August 2003 – 31 March 2008 | | Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong
Lee Hsien Loong |
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| Second Minister | Ng Eng Hen |
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| Preceded by | Teo Chee Hean |
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| Succeeded by | Ng Eng Hen
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3 November 2001 – 7 July 2023 | | Preceded by | Constituency established |
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| Majority | 60,501 (49.24%)
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| Born | Shanmugaratnam Tharman
(1957-02-25) 25 February 1957
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| Party | Independent |
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affiliations | People's Action Party
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Jane Yumiko Ittogi ( m. 1990) |
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| Children | 4 |
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| Education | London School of Economics (BSc)
Cambridge University (MPhil)
Harvard University (MPA) |
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam 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 Prime Minister between 2011 and 2019. He also served as Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies between 2011 and 2015, Minister for Finance between 2007 and 2015, Minister for Education between 2003 and 2008 and Minister for Manpower in 2011 and 2012.
A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 2001 and 2023. Tharman made his political debut in the 2001 general election, and had been re-elected to Parliament four times at subsequent general elections in 2006, 2011, 2015 and 2020.
In June 2023, Tharman announced his intention to run for the presidential election. On 7 June 2023, Tharman resigned from both the PAP and Parliament as the presidency is a non-partisan office. On 2 September, Tharman was announced as the winner after receiving 70.4% of the vote in a landslide victory and was elected as the ninth president of Singapore. He is the first presidential candidate of non-Chinese descent to win a contested presidential election in Singapore.