Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Tharman Shanmugaratnam
தர்மன் சண்முகரத்னம்
Tharman in 2022
9th President of Singapore
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 September 2023
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Preceded by	Halimah Yacob
Ministerial offices Senior Minister of Singapore In office 1 May 2019 – 7 July 2023 Serving with Teo Chee Hean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Preceded by Vacant Succeeded by Teo Chee Hean Coordinating Minister for Social Policies In office 1 October 2015 – 7 July 2023 Economic and Social Policies: 1 October 2015 – 30 April 2019 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Heng Swee Keat Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore In office 21 May 2011 – 1 May 2019 Serving with Teo Chee Hean (2009–2019) Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Preceded by Wong Kan Seng Succeeded by Heng Swee Keat Minister for Finance In office 1 December 2007 – 30 September 2015 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Second Minister Lim Hwee Hua Preceded by Lee Hsien Loong Succeeded by Heng Swee Keat Minister for Manpower In office 21 May 2011 – 31 July 2012 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Preceded by Gan Kim Yong Succeeded by Tan Chuan-Jin Minister for Education In office 1 August 2003 – 31 March 2008 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong Second Minister Ng Eng Hen Preceded by Teo Chee Hean Succeeded by Ng Eng Hen
Parliamentary offices Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC (Taman Jurong) In office 3 November 2001 – 7 July 2023 Preceded by Constituency established Majority 60,501 (49.24%)
Personal details
Born	Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957-02-25) 25 February 1957 (age 67)[1] Colony of Singapore
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	People's Action Party (2001–2023)
Spouse(s)	Jane Yumiko Ittogi
Children	4
Father	Kanagaratnam Shanmugaratnam
Education	London School of Economics (BSc) University of Cambridge (MPhil) Harvard University (MPA)
Occupation	Politician economist
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam^[a] PBM (born 25 February 1957) is a Singaporean politician and economist. He is the President of Singapore since 2023.

He was Senior Minister of Singapore between 2019 and 2023. He was also the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies between 2015 and 2023, and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore between 2011 and 2023.

On 8 June 2023, Tharman announced his plans to run for president in the 2023 presidential election.^[2] He was elected on 2 September 2023 in a landslide victory, winning 70.40% of the vote.^[3]

1. ↑ "MP | Parliament Of Singapore".
2. ↑ Goh, Han Yan (8 June 2023). "SM Tharman to run for president, will resign from Govt and PAP on July 7". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
3. ↑ Correspondent, Goh Yan HanPolitical (2023-09-02). "Landslide 70.4 per cent victory for president-elect Tharman". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2023-09-01.