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President of Singapore



During the election of 2005, just like that of 1999, no balloting was held. As the Presidential Elections Committee determined that no other candidates satisfied the qualifications prescribed by the Constitution, S.R. Nathan was declared President unopposed.

e•d Summary of the 27 August 2005 Singapore presidential election results
Candidate Votes
S.R. Nathan without ballot

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List of Presidents of the Republic of Singapore

# Portrait President Start of term End of term
1 Yusof bin Ishak Yusof bin Ishak
(12 August 1910 – 23 November 1970)		 9 August 1965 23 November 1970
Following the death of President Yusof bin Ishak, the Speaker of Parliament Yeoh Ghim Seng was installed by Parliament as Acting President until the appointment of Benjamin Henry Sheares on 2 January 1971.
2 Benjamin Henry Sheares Benjamin Henry Sheares
(12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981)		 2 January 1971 12 May 1981
Once again, following the death of President Benjamin Henry Sheares, the Speaker of Parliament Yeoh Ghim Seng was installed by Parliament as Acting President until the appointment of C. V. Devan Nair on 23 October 1981.
3 C.V. Devan Nair C.V. (Chengara Veetil) Devan Nair
(5 August 1923 – 6 December 2005)		 23 October 1981 27 March 1985
Following the resignation of President C.V. Devan Nair, Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin was installed by Parliament as Acting President until 29 March when he was replaced by Speaker of Parliament Yeoh Ghim Seng until the appointment of Wee Kim Wee on 3 September 1985.
4 Wee Kim Wee
(4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005)		 3 September 1985 1 September 1993
After the Constitution was amended in 1991, the term of President Wee Kim Wee was fixed to end on 1 September 1993. On that date, President Ong Teng Cheong, the first directly-elected President of Singapore, assumed office.
5 Ong Teng Cheong
(22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002)		 1 September 1993 1 September 1999
President Ong completed his term of office on 1 September 1999 and was succeeded by S.R. Nathan who ran unopposed on Nomination Day in 1999. President Nathan was subsequently re-elected in 2005.
6 S.R. Nathan S.R. Nathan (Sellapan Ramanathan)
(born 3 July 1924)		 1 September 1999 Present

Prior to the introduction of elections for the Presidency, between 1965 and 1993 the Presidents of Singapore were Malay, Eurasian, Indian and Chinese in turn. While there might have been some general expectation that a system of rotation among the ethnic groups in Singapore would have continued to apply, this possibility was put to rest by the introduction of an elected Presidency in 1991. There are no constitutional provisions specifying that such system should apply.

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Notes

  1. ^ Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (1999 Reprint).
  2. ^ Internal Security Act (Cap. 143, 1985 Rev. Ed.).
  3. ^ Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act (Cap. 167A, 2001 Rev. Ed.).
  4. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 163(1).
  5. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 19(2)(a).
  6. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 19(2)(b).
  7. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 19(2)(c) read with Art. 44(2)(c).
  8. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 19(2)(c) read with Art. 44(2)(d).
  9. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 19(2)(d) read with Art. 45.
  10. ^ The disqualification of a person under clauses (d) and (e) may be removed by the President and shall, if not so removed, cease at the end of five years beginning from the date on which the return mentioned in clause (d) was required to be lodged or, as the case may be, the date on which the person convicted as mentioned in clause (e) was released from custody or the date on which the fine mentioned in clause (1) (e) was imposed on such person: Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 45(2).
  11. ^ A person shall not be disqualified under this clause by reason only of anything done by him or her before he or she became a citizen of Singapore: Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 45(2). In clause (f), "foreign country" does not include any part of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland: Art. 45(3).
  12. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 19(2)(e).
  13. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 19(2)(f).
  14. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 19(2)(g)(i).
  15. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 19(2)(g)(ii) read with Art. 22A(3) and Pt. I of the Fifth Schedule.
  16. ^ Cap. 50, 2006 Rev. Ed. (S'pore).
  17. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 19(2)(g)(iii).
  18. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 19(2)(g)(iv).
  19. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Arts. 19(3)(a)–(d).
  20. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Arts. 20(1)–20(3) and the First Schedule.
  21. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 22J(1).
  22. ^ Civil List and Pension Act (Cap. 44, 2002 Rev. Ed.)
  23. ^ Paulo, Derrick A.. "Parliament Raises President's Pay", Today, 2007-01-24. 
  24. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 18(1).
  25. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Arts. 18(2)(a)–(c).
  26. ^ Singapore Constitution, above, Art. 18(3).
  27. ^ “Presidential Elections Committee (No. 1342 of 2005)”, Government Gazette, 2007-05-27, <http://www.elections.gov.sg/gazette/20050527b.pdf> .

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Further reading

  • Tan, Kevin Y.L. (Yew Lee); Lam Peng Er (eds.) (1997). Managing Political Change in Singapore : The Elected Presidency. Singapore: Routledge. ISBN 0415156327. 

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