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Tharman Shanmugaratnam (born 25 February 1957), also known mononymously as Tharman, is a Singaporean politician and economist who has been serving as the ninth president of Singapore since 2023.
Sep 1, 2023 · Singaporeans have chosen Tharman Shanmugaratnam as their next president - but many would have let out a small sigh of disappointment as they did so. On Friday, the former top minister won a...
Sep 2, 2023 · Singapore's former deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president on Friday, earning a landslide victory in the city-state's first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade.
Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a distinguished economist, won Singapore's presidential race with 70.4 per cent of the votes, and became the third Indian-origin person to head the prosperous city-state for the next six years. He has been elected as the ninth president of the country with the incumbent President Halimah Yacob’s six-year ...
Jun 8, 2023 · SINGAPORE: Former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was the first person to announce his bid for the Singapore presidency when he said on Jun 8 that he will retire from politics and all...
Jul 1, 2024 · President Tharman, who is SUTD’s third Chancellor 1, was elected as Singapore's President in September 2023. He served in politics for 22 years before resigning to contest in the Presidential Election. He was Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister for several years, and Education Minister earlier. He last served in government as Senior ...
Sep 1, 2023 · Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a former member of Singapore's ruling party, scores a landslide victory to become the city-state's president, in an election seen as a barometer of public sentiment amid economic challenges and high-profile scandals.
