Tan Kin Lian, the former chief executive of local insurer NTUC Income, is again running for president more than a decade after garnering the lowest number of votes of four candidates at the 2011 presidential election. Two of his rivals from his first presidential bid are now leaders of ...
That is to say, Halimah will be declared Singapore's eighth president and the first female one shortly after nominations close at noon on Wednesday. Singapore's Presidential Election 2017 requires candidates to have a Certificate of Eligibility, and a Community Certificate stating that he or she b...
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....
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She also sent the resignation letters to the Clerk of Parliament and the deputy speaker. The 62-year-old Yacob will be the first woman in Singapore to participate in the presidential election. "In running for the Office of Elected President, my passion and desire to serve the people continues...
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,...