The speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Singapore. The speaker is nominated by the prime minister before...
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The Parliament of Singapore is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Singapore, which governs the country alongside the president of Singapore...
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in England. The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerford in the Parliament of England. The speaker's official role...
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Parliament of Singapore, 2016 14th Parliament of Singapore, 2020 Parliament of Singapore Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore Nominated Member of Parliament...
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The 14th Parliament of Singapore is the current Parliament of Singapore. It opened on 24 August 2020. The membership was set by the 2020 Singapore General...
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Tan Chuan-Jin (category Speakers of the Parliament of Singapore)
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)...
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Seah Kian Peng (category Speakers of the Parliament of Singapore)
Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore since 2023. He served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2011 and 2016. A member of the governing...
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Halimah Yacob (category Speakers of the Parliament of Singapore)
then for the Marsiling division of the Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC from 2015 to 2017. She made history as Singapore's first female speaker of parliament, a position...
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The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore was Halimah Yacob, of the People's Action Party. She was elected as the 9th Speaker of the House for the 12th...
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The prime minister of Singapore is the head of government of Singapore. The president appoints the prime minister on the advice and consent of the Cabinet...
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Christopher de Souza (category Members of the Parliament of Singapore)
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP)...
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Jessica Tan (category Members of the Parliament of Singapore)
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP)...
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minister of Singapore is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Cabinet from the parliament, and to a...
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Abdullah Tarmugi (category Speakers of the Parliament of Singapore)
1944) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2002 and 2011. Abdullah was born to a Javanese father...
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led by the Mr Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic Alliance. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is Abdullah bin Tarmugi, of the People's...
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Charles Chong (category Members of the Parliament of Singapore)
served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2011 and 2020. He served as Acting Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore from 7 August to...
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2006. The Opposition is led by the Secretary General of the Worker's Party of Singapore, Mr Low Thia Kiang. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is...
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Yeoh Ghim Seng (category Speakers of the Parliament of Singapore)
served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 1970 and 1988. He is one of the longest-serving speakers of any parliament in the world. Yeoh...
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The president of the Republic of Singapore is the head of state of Singapore. The president represents the country in official diplomatic functions and...
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Tan Soo Khoon (category Speakers of the Parliament of Singapore)
served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 1989 and 2001. Tan attended the Anglo-Chinese School before graduating from the University of Singapore...
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A. P. Rajah (category Speakers of the Parliament of Singapore)
as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 1964 and 1966 becoming the first speaker after independence, as Singapore High Commissioner to the United...
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Edmund W. Barker (category Speakers of the Parliament of Singapore)
served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore between 1963 and 1964, and Leader of the House between 1968 and 1985. Born in Singapore on 1 December...
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Michael Palmer (politician) (category Speakers of the Parliament of Singapore)
as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2011 and 2012. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament...
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Lim Biow Chuan (category Members of the Parliament of Singapore)
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2016 and 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament...
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The Parliament House is a public building and a cultural landmark in Singapore. It houses the Parliament of Singapore, and is located in the Civic District...
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The 13th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 15 January 2016 and was dissolved on 23 June...
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A Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) is a member of the Parliament of Singapore who is appointed by the president. They are not affiliated to any political...
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Punch Coomaraswamy (category Speakers of the Parliament of Singapore)
and politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 1966 and 1970, and Singapore Ambassador to the United States between 1976 and...
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Comb over (redirect from The Comb-Over)
Tan Soo Khoon – former Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore – had a combover in the 1980s. Neil Kinnock – former leader of The Labour Party.[citation...
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The Singapore Civil Service is the bureaucracy of civil servants that supports the Government of Singapore. Along with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)...
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