President of Singapore

The President of the Republic of Singapore is the country's head of state. Singapore has a parliamentary system of government. Executive authority is exercised by the Cabinet who was led by the Prime Minister of Singapore. The current president is Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who was elected with the 70% of the vote at the 2023 presidential election.

The president's official residence and office is the Istana. However, no presidents since Yusof bin Ishak (1965–1970) have lived there. The current president, Halimah Yacob, had wanted to stay in the HDB flat at Yishun, but if she fails to comply with the security requirements, she will have to move out. She is also the first female President of Singapore and first Malay head of state in 47 years since the death of Mr Yusof bin Ishak who was Singapore's first president.

 List of presidents of the Republic of Singapore 
NPortraitPresidentStart of termEnd of termElectionPolitical Party (Before Resignation)1 Sir William Goode9 June 19599 December   195919592 67x67pxYusof Ishak9 December   195923 November 197019633 Yeoh Ghim Seng
(1918 —1993)23 November 19702 January 1971—4 50x50pxBenjamin Sheares2 January 197112 May 19811972,
1976,

1980,— Yeoh Ghim Seng
(1918 —1993)12 May 198123 October 1981—5 50x50pxDevan Nair23 October 198128 March 19851984,6 Wee Chong Jin
(1915 —2005)28 March 198529 March 1985—— Yeoh Ghim Seng
(1918 —1993)29 March 19852 September 1985—7 50x50pxWee Kim Wee2 September 19851 September 19931988,
1991,8 78x78pxOng Teng Cheong1 September 199331 August 199919939 67x67pxS. R. Nathan1 September 199931 August 20111999, 200510 66x66pxTony Tan1 September 201131 August 2017201111 J. Y. Pillay
(1934 —)31 August 201714 September 2017—12 alt=|65x65pxHalimah Yacob14 September 201713 September 202320171360pxTharman Shanmugaratnamதர்மன் சண்முகரத்னம்14 September 2023Incumbent2023

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