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List Of Presidents Of Singapore
The President of Singapore is the head of state of the Republic of Singapore. Preceded by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, the office of president was created on 22 December 1965 after Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965, Singapore's independence in August 1965, with Yang di-Pertuan Negara Yusof Ishak serving as the first president. Under the Constitution of Singapore, Constitution, presidents must be a Singaporean nationality law, Singaporean citizen, Non-partisan democracy, non-partisan, and elected by a popular vote.Constitution, Art. 17A Originally elected by Parliament of Singapore, Parliament, a 1991 constitutional amendment was made to allow for the president to be Presidential elections in Singapore, directly elected by a popular vote, with the 1993 Singaporean presidential election, 1993 presidential election between Ong Teng Cheong and Chua Kim Yeow being the first time a president was directly elected by popular vote. Singapore follows a Head of state#Non-executive mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halimah Yacob
Halimah binte Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who held the office of the eighth president of Singapore from 2017 to 2023, making her the first woman to serve in this role. A former member of Singapore's long-dominant People's Action Party (PAP), Halimah served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bukit Batok East division of the Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC) from 2001 to 2015 and then for the Marsiling division of the Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC from 2015 to 2017. She became Singapore's first female speaker of parliament, a position she held from 2013 to 2017. Following a constitutional amendment in 2016, the 2017 presidential election was reserved for candidates from the Malay community. To qualify, Halimah resigned from the People's Action Party (PAP) and her position as Member of Parliament (MP), with her Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC division covered by other members. She ran as an independent candidate, as required fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitutional Amendment
A constitutional amendment (or constitutional alteration) is a modification of the constitution of a polity, organization or other type of entity. Amendments are often interwoven into the relevant sections of an existing constitution, directly altering the text. Conversely, they can be appended to the constitution as supplemental additions ( codicils), thus changing the frame of government without altering the existing text of the document. Most constitutions require that amendments cannot be enacted unless they have passed a special procedure that is more stringent than that required of ordinary legislation. Examples of such special procedures include supermajorities in the legislature, or direct approval by the electorate in a referendum, or even a combination of two or more different special procedures. A referendum to amend the constitution may also be triggered in some jurisdictions by popular initiative. Australia and Ireland provide examples of constitutions requiring t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
