By now, there are three potential candidates who have declared to contest the election. They are businessman Mohamed Salleh Marican, Bourbon Offshore Asia Pacific chairman Farid Khan and former Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob. The new president will be Singapore's second Malay president....
election results: Sellapan Rama (S. R.) NATHAN appointed president in August 2005 after Presidential Elections Committee disqualified three other would-be candidates; scheduled election not held Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament (84 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year te...
Singapore is a unitaryparliamentary democracybased on the Westminster model. The president is head of state; until 1991 the largely ceremonial post of president was filled by parliamentary election, but in that year the constitution wasamendedto allow for the direct popular election of the president...
Scenario 3: Harris becomes president with divided government Given a difficult Senate map for Democrats this election cycle, a Harris win would likely come alongside divided government. This would largely represent a ‘status quo’ for the economy and markets. On fiscal policy, we expect bipartisan...
Incumbent Premier Lee Hsien Loong, on August 12, 2004 was sworn, becomes the Singapore third premier, in December was elected as the Singapore people to move party new secretary general, in May, 2006 was elected as Singapore premier once more, on May 30 is sworn in President Nadan, was ...
In his speech, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong praised the president for his outstanding work and cited many milestones in the latter's six-year term. Tan was elected in the 2011 Presidential Election, after decades in public service as a Member of Parliament and a Cabinet Minister,...
is also replicated in the Singapore government’s approach to retirement savings, health care, education, and housing. For instance, the state’s preferred policy of ensuring individuals have sufficient resources for a rainy day is via the Central Provident Fund, a government-mandated savings ...
Lee also advised the nomination day to be on June 30 and the president has agreed, said the statement. The polling day would be on July 10, it said. Lee said in his address that the upcoming election will be like no others that Singapore has ever experienced, not just because of the ...
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At 4pm today, President Tony Tan Keng Yam issued a writ of election setting Nomination Day for next Wednesday (16 Jan). Polling day would be on 26 Jan. Following the ““Palmer-Gate”incident, many opposition parties have claimed they will be sending candidates to contest Punggol East SMC ...