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Tharman Shanmugaratnam (born 25 February 1957), also known mononymously as Tharman, is a Singaporean politician and economist who has been serving as the ninth president of Singapore since 2023.
Tharman led the ‘SkillsFuture’ programme, launched in 2014 with the aim of developing widespread opportunities for life-long learning and job upskilling among Singaporeans.
Jun 8, 2023 · SINGAPORE: Former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was the first person to announce his bid for the Singapore presidency when he said on Jun 8 that he will retire from politics and all his...
Sep 2, 2023 · Singapore's former deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president on Friday, earning a landslide victory in the city-state's first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade.
Jun 8, 2023 · SINGAPORE — With a political career spanning 22 years, Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, 66, first started out as a student activist in the United Kingdom before entering politics ...
Aug 25, 2023 · Presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam shares more about his school days, relationship with his wife and how he can help the 4G leadership if he becomes President.
Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a distinguished economist, won Singapore's presidential race with 70.4 per cent of the votes, and became the third Indian-origin person to head the prosperous city-state for the next six years. He has been elected as the ninth president of the country with the incumbent President Halimah Yacob’s six-year ...
