1999 Singaporean presidential election
The Singaporean presidential election of 1999 was held to elect the next President of Singapore with S.R. Nathan as the winning candidate due to an uncontested election. Candidates. The Presidential Elections Committee declared S. R. Nathan (formerly known as Sellapan Ramanathan) to be the only eligible presidential candidate to be issued a Certificate of Eligibility. Nathan was successfully nominated on 18 August and was inaugurated as the sixth President of Singapore on 1 September 1999.