Tharman Shanmugaratnam
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| 9th President of Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 14 September 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Halimah Yacob | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Jurong GRC (Taman Jurong) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Shanmugaratnam Tharman[1] 25 February 1957[2] Colony of Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | People's Action Party (2001–2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jane Yumiko Ittogi (m. 1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Education | London School of Economics (BSc) Cambridge University (MPhil) Harvard University (MPA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 after winning the 2023 presidential election.
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.[2] He also served as Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies[3] 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.[4] Tharman made his political debut in the 2001 general election,[5][4] and had been re-elected to Parliament four times at subsequent general elections in 2006, 2011, 2015 and 2020.[5]
In June 2023, Tharman announced his intention to run for the presidential election, as well as his scheduled resignation on 7 July from all his positions in the government and as a member of the PAP, as the presidency is a non-partisan office.[6][7] 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.[8] He is the first presidential candidate of non-Chinese descent to win a contested presidential election in Singapore.[9]
- ^ "Application for COE- Tharman Shanmugaratnam" (PDF). Elections Department Singapore. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ a b "MP | Parliament Of Singapore". Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies – Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies" (PDF). www.parliament.gov.sg. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ a b Siow, Christine; Diviyadhaarshini, B. N. B.; Kannan, Yugesh; Chan, Suzanne (10 June 2023). "Tharman a 'great MP' who will be missed, say Jurong GRC residents". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ a b "President's Biography". Istana Singapore. June 2024.
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- ^ Tan, Eugene (5 September 2023). "What Tharman's massive election win could mean for politics in Singapore". The Straits Times. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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