Prime Minister of Singapore
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore 新加坡共和国总理 Perdana Menteri di Republik Singapura சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசின் பிரதமர் |
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Prime Minister's Crest |
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| Residence | Sri Temasek |
| Appointer | S.R. Nathan (as President of Singapore) |
| Term length | 5 years or earlier, renewable. The Parliament of Singapore must be dissolved every 5 years or earlier by the Prime Minister. The leader of the largest party in the parliament will become the Prime Minister. |
| Inaugural holder | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Formation | 3 June 1959 |
| Salary | S$2.2 million annually |
| Website | http://www.pmo.gov.sg/ |
| This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Singapore |
| Constitution |
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore is the head of the government of the Republic of Singapore. The President of Singapore appoints as Prime Minister a Member of Parliament (MP) who, in his opinion, is most likely to command the confidence of a majority of MPs.
The office of Prime Minister dates back to 1959 and was appointed at first by the Governor of Singapore then the Yang di-Pertuan Negara (vice-regal head of state), when Singapore achieved self-governance as the State of Singapore within the British Empire. The title of Prime Minister remained unchanged after the merger with the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak and British North Borneo, while Singapore was a state in the Federation of Malaysia from 1963 to 1965, and after independence in 1965.
Lee Kuan Yew was the first prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990 and retired on 26 November 1990. Lee was succeeded by Goh Chok Tong and was conferred the title of Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. Goh retired on 12 August 2004 and was succeeded by Lee Kuan Yew's son Lee Hsien Loong. Goh was appointed Senior Minister, and the elder Lee Minister Mentor.
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List of Prime Ministers of Singapore [edit]
Self-governance of Singapore [edit]
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Party | Deputies | Days | ||
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| 1 | Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀 லீ குவான் இயூ (1923-) MP for Tanjong Pagar SMC |
3 June 1959 |
16 September 1963 |
Toh Chin Chye | 1564 | ||
| 1959 | |||||||
Singapore in Malaysia [edit]
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Party | Deputies | Days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀 லீ குவான் இயூ (1923-) MP for Tanjong Pagar SMC |
16 September 1963 |
12 August 1965 |
Toh Chin Chye | 696 | ||
| 1963 | |||||||
Republic of Singapore [edit]
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Party | Deputies | Days | ||
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| 1 | Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀 லீ குவான் இயூ (1923-) MP for Tanjong Pagar SMC |
12 August 1965 |
28 November 1990 |
Toh Chin Chye, Goh Keng Swee S. Rajaratnam, Goh Chok Tong Ong Teng Cheong |
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| 1963, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988 | |||||||
| The first Prime Minister of Singapore. The youngest to be elected in the office, at the age of 35. He presided over the expansion of Singapore's economy from a third world country into a first world country. He lead PAP into winning 8 consecutive elections. | |||||||
| 2 | Goh Chok Tong 吴作栋 கோ சொக் தொங் (1941-) MP for Marine Parade GRC |
28 November 1990 |
12 August 2004 |
Ong Teng Cheong, Lee Hsien Loong Tony Tan Keng Yam |
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| 1991, 1997, 2001 | |||||||
| The second Prime Minister of Singapore. | |||||||
| 3 | Lee Hsien Loong 李显龙 லீ சியன் லூங் (1952-) MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC |
12 August 2004 |
Incumbent | Tony Tan Keng Yam, S. Jayakumar Wong Kan Seng, Teo Chee Hean Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
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| 2006, 2011 | |||||||
| The third Prime Minister of Singapore. One of his major accomplishments was to propose the building of 2 Integrated Resorts (IR) in Singapore. Singapore hosted the inaugural summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010. Abolished ranking of schools. Prior to his appointment as PM, he served as Deputy Prime Minister (1991-2004), Minister of Finance, Minister of Trade & Industry. | |||||||
List of deputy prime ministers [edit]
The role of Deputy Prime Minister is the second highest post and senior Cabinet Minister in Singapore. The holder will sometimes assume the role of Acting Prime Minister when the PM is temporarily absent from Singapore. Since the mid-1980s, Singapore has usually had two Deputy Prime Ministers at a time. Only Ong Teng Cheong and Tony Tan served under more than one Prime Minister during their time as Deputy Prime Minister.
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