page_title: Tony Tan
section_title: 2011 presidential election
hierarchical_section_title: Tony Tan / 2011 presidential election
caption_attribution_description: English: A transparent logo.
context_page_description: Tony Tan Keng Yam DUT GCB is a Singaporean politician who was the seventh President of Singapore & the commander-in-chief of the Singapore Armed Forces serving a six-year term from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2017 after winning the 2011 Singaporean presidential election with 35.20% of the votes, winning by a narrow 0.34% margin over Tan Cheng Bock when former president S.R. Nathan stepped down from the position. Tan was sworn in as president on 1 September 2011 and held office to 31 August 2017. Tan announced that he would not be standing in 2017 presidential election, which was reserved for Malay candidates after a constitutional amendment on 9 November 2016. He is the only living former president of Singapore.
  Previously a member of the governing People's Action Party, Tan was the 5th deputy prime minister on 1 August 1995 till 1 September 2005 when former deputy prime minister Lee Hsien Loong stepped down from position. Tan was serving as deputy prime minister with S. Jayakumar. Tan was the Chairman of the People's Action Party from 1 September 1993 to 3 December 2004 after Ong Teng Cheong stepped down from the position.
context_section_description: On 22 December 2010, Tan announced that he would step down from his government-linked positions at GIC and SPH to run for the office of President of Singapore. Tan's campaign stressed his independence and his divergent views from the PAP government in specific policies, citing a remark made by East Coast GRC MP Tan Soo Khoon in 2005: "It is probably the first time that I have heard Cabinet Ministers, starting with no less than the Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Tony Tan, expressing divergent views [on the Integrated Resorts question]." However, competing presidential election candidates and former PAP members Tan Kin Lian and Tan Cheng Bock questioned Tan's independence from the party. On 7 July 2011, Tony Tan submitted his presidential eligibility forms. Tan won 35.2% of the votes cast.
caption: Tan's presidential campaign logo, a pair of spectacles
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