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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.
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 ...
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.
Sep 14, 2023 · SINGAPORE: Tharman Shanmugaratnam was sworn in at the Istana on Thursday (Sep 14) as Singapore's ninth President, two weeks after his landslide election victory.
Sep 14, 2023 · Speech by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the Swearing-In Ceremony. 14 September 2023. Prime Minister. Chief Justice. Distinguished guests. Ladies and gentlemen. 1. I am honoured and humbled to have been elected as the 9th President of Singapore.
Jun 24, 2024 · President Tharman Shanmugaratnam made an Official Visit to Italy on 24 June at the invitation of President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella. President Tharman received a ceremonial welcome at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, and called on President Mattarella. Both leaders reaffirmed the longstanding friendship between Singapore and Italy, and discussed how we could further strengthen our people-to-people ties through exchanges in arts and culture. ...
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.
Sep 1, 2023 · SINGAPORE – Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is set to be Singapore’s next president based on his overwhelming lead in the sample count, with 70 per cent of the vote.
Mr Tharman SHANMUGARATNAM, Senior Minister, and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies, Singapore. ince May 2019, after serving for several years as Deputy Prime Minister and as Minister for Finance. He is currently.
