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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 ...
- PERSONAL LIFE. Mr Tharman is married to Jane Yumiko Ittogi, who is a lawyer by training and of Chinese-Japanese descent. They have a daughter and three sons.
- EDUCATION. Mr Tharman attended the Anglo-Chinese School before graduating from the London School of Economics (LSE) with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics.
- ENTRY INTO POLITICS. An economist by professional background, Mr Tharman was first elected Member of Parliament in November 2001 in Jurong GRC, after the PAP team secured 79.75 per cent of the votes.
- OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT CASE. In 1992, while serving as director of the Economics Department of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Mr Tharman was one of five people charged under the Official Secrets Act after the growth rate for Singapore’s economy in the second quarter of that year was published in the Business Times before it was revealed officially.
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5 days ago · 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 · The former deputy prime minister and PAP member won 70.4 per cent of the vote in a landslide victory. The role of the president is largely ceremonial, but with veto powers over the government's budget and key appointments.
