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Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Tharman Shanmugaratnam (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 between 2011 and 2012. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Jurong 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. On 8 June 2023, Tharman announced his intention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Co-ordinating Minister For Social Policies (Singapore)
The Coordinating Minister for Social Policies is an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore, initially introduced in 2015 as the Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies to cover both economic and social policies. However, the economic policy portfolio was dropped when the role was redesignated in 2019. Before resigning on 7 July 2023 from all his positions in the government and as a member of the People's Action Party to run for the non-partisan presidency, which preceded the abolition of the role, Tharman Shanmugaratnam had held the role since its creation. The role returned in 2025 under the Second Lawrence Wong Cabinet when Prime Minister Lawrence Wong appointed Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung as the new Coordinating Minister for Social Policies. List of officeholders The Coordinating Minister for Social Policies was appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. See also *Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies * Coordinating Minister for National Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Finance (Singapore)
The Ministry of Finance (MOF; ; zh, 财政部; ) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for managing the fiscal policies and the structure of the economy of Singapore. Responsibilities The authority's main regulatory statutes are Accountants Act, Accounting Standards Partnerships Act, Business Registration Act, Companies Act, Limited Partnerships Act and the Limited Liability Partnerships Act. The MOF ensures that businesses in Singapore are compatible with international standards and practices, in areas such as company law, accounting standards and corporate governance principles. Singapore Budget Every year, the MOF prepares the Singapore Budget and the Minister for Finance presents the Budget to the Parliament before the new financial year begins. The Budget includes the revised Government revenue and expenditure projections for the current financial year as well as the planned government revenue and expenditures for the following financial year. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Education (Singapore)
The Ministry of Education (MOE; ; zh, 教育部; ) is a ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the education in Singapore. Organisational structure The ministry currently oversees 10 statutory boards which includes 5 polytechnics and 2 institutes: SkillsFuture Singapore, Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, Institute of Technical Education, Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Temasek Polytechnic, Nanyang Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic and Science Centre, Singapore. In 2016, a new statutory board under the Ministry of Education (MOE), SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), was formed to drive and coordinate the implementation of SkillsFuture. It took over some of the functions currently performed by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and absorbed the Committee for Private Education (CPE). Unions Civil servants empl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deputy Prime Minister Of Singapore
The deputy prime minister of Singapore is the deputy head of government of the Republic of Singapore. The incumbent deputy prime minister is Gan Kim Yong, who took office on 15 May 2024. History The deputy prime minister is the second highest post, and is a senior cabinet minister in Singapore. Since the mid-1980s, Singapore has had two deputy prime ministers at a time. The holder sometimes assumes the role of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily out of the country. The office of deputy prime minister dates back to 1959 and it was first appointed by the '' Yang di-Pertuan Negara'', when Singapore attained self-governance from the British Empire. The title of deputy prime minister remained unchanged after the merger with the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak and North Borneo to form Malaysia, while Singapore was a federated state of Malaysia between 1962 and 1964. Toh Chin Chye was the first deputy prime minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1968. La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monetary Authority Of Singapore
The Monetary Authority of Singapore or (MAS), is the central bank and financial regulatory authority of Singapore. It administers the various statutes pertaining to money, banking, insurance, securities and the financial sector in general, as well as currency issuance and manages the foreign-exchange reserves. It was established in 1971 to act as the banker to and as a financial agent of the Government of Singapore. The body is duly accountable to the Parliament of Singapore through the Minister-in-charge, who is also the Incumbent Chairman of the central bank. In May 2025 the fund had US$629 billion in assets under management. History The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) was founded in on with authority to regulate and supervise banking and finance in Singapore. It coexisted with the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore established in 1967 to issue the city-state's currency, with which it eventually merged in 2002. Prior its establishment, its roles were p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senior Minister Of Singapore
Senior Minister of Singapore is a position in the Cabinet of Singapore. Holders of this office have previously served as either the Prime Minister of Singapore, prime minister or the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, deputy prime minister. Among the Executive (government), executive branch officeholders in the Singapore Order of Precedence, order of precedence, the position ranks after the prime minister and the deputy prime minister. Senior Ministers also serve as part of the Prime Minister's Office (Singapore), Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and work at the Istana. Background S. Rajaratnam, Singapore's first Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore), Minister for Foreign Affairs, took on the newly created role of Senior Minister in 1985 before retiring in 1988. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Deputy Prime Minister between 1980 and 1985. Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first Prime Minister of Singapore, Prime Minister, was appointed as Senior Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Manpower (Singapore)
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM; ; zh, 新加坡人力部; ) is a ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the workforce in Singapore. Organisational structure The Ministry oversees 3 statutory boards, the Central Provident Fund Board, the Singapore Labour Foundation and Workforce Singapore. Statutory Boards *Central Provident Fund Board *Singapore Labour Foundation *Workforce Singapore Ministers The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Manpower, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. See also * Central Provident Fund Board * Employment in Singapore References External links * {{authority control 1998 establishments in Singapore Government ministries of Singapore Labour ministries, Singapore Ministries established in 1998, Singapore Labour in Singapore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tan Chuan-Jin
Tan Chuan-Jin (; born 10 January 1969) is a Singaporean former politician and brigadier-general. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), Tan served as Speaker of the Parliament between 2017 and 2023, and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Marine Parade GRC from 2011 to 2023. He also served as Minister for Manpower between 2014 and 2015, and Minister for Social and Family Development between 2015 and 2017. Prior to his appointment to the Cabinet, he served as a Senior Minister of State and Acting Minister between 2012 and 2014. Tan also served as President of the Singapore National Olympic Council between 2014 and 2023. In July 2023, both Tan and Cheng Li Hui resigned as members of the People's Action Party (PAP) after they admitted to being in a years-long extramarital relationship with each other. On 17 July 2023, PAP secretary-general Lee Hsien Loong announced Tan resigned as Member of Parliament (MP), Speaker of the Parliament and fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ng Eng Hen
Ng Eng Hen, Hinghwa Romanized: ''Ńg Ṳ̂ng-héng'' (born 10 December 1958) is a Singaporean former politician and oncologist who previously served as Minister for Defence from 2011 to 2025. A member of the governing People's Action Party The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major Conservatism, conservative political party in Singapore and is the governing contemporary political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition Workers' Party of Singap ... (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Toa Payoh Central division of Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency, Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC from 2001 to 2025. Prior to entering politics, Ng was a consultant surgeon at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and later a private Surgical oncology, surgical oncologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital. He made his political debut in the 2001 Singaporean general election, 2001 general election as part of a five-member PAP team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurong Group Representation Constituency
The Jurong Group Representation Constituency was a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the West Region, Singapore, western area of Singapore. The GRC consisted of a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and areas near Bukit Timah Road, Upper Bukit Timah Road. At abolition, the five divisions of the GRC were Bukit Batok East, Jurong Central, Taman Jurong, Jurong Spring and Clementi, Singapore, Clementi, which were managed by Jurong–Clementi Town Council. History In the 2011 Singapore general election, 2011 general elections, the new Jurong Spring division was created from Jurong Central and Hong Kah divisions, while Yuhua, Singapore, Yuhua became an Yuhua Single Member Constituency, SMC. In 2015 Singaporean general election, 2015, Bukit Batok was carved as an Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency, SMC while Clementi, Singapore, Clementi, a division under the West Coast GRC, was absorbed to the ward to maintain its five seats. The constit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Coast–Jurong West GRC
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''vest'' in Romanian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maarav) 'west' from עֶרֶב (erev) 'evening'. West is sometimes abbreviated as W. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Huang
Shawn Huang Wei Zhong (né Ingkiriwang; zh, s=黄伟中, p=Huáng Wěizhōng; born 19 July 1982) is a Singaporean politician and former fighter pilot. A member of the People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Taman Jurong division of West Coast–Jurong West GRC since 2025, and previously the Jurong Spring division of Jurong GRC between 2020 and 2025. Since 23 May 2025, Huang has been serving as Senior Parliamentary Secretary with the Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Finance. Before entering politics, he served as an F-16 fighter pilot in the Singaporean Air Force (RSAF) between 2000 and 2018. He has also been a director at Tasek Jurong, a charity organisation, since 2014. Early life and education Huang graduated with a Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 2006. In 2015, he was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship. Career Military career Huang joined the Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
