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Tharman Shanmugaratnam PPA(E) (born 25 February ) is a Singaporean politician and economist who has been the ninth president of Singapore since...
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
President of Singapore since 2023
Tharman Shanmugaratnam[a]PPA(E) (born 25 February 1957) is a Singaporean politician and economist who has been the current and ninth president of Singapore since 2023.
Prior to his presidency, Tharman served as Senior Minister of Singapore between 2019 and 2023, Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore between 2011 and 2023, and Deputy Prime Minister between 2011 and 2019.[1] He also served as Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies[2] between 2011 and 2015, Minister for Finance between 2007 and 2015, Minister for Education between 2003 and 2008 and Minister for Manpower between 2011 and 2012.
He studied at the London School of Economics and Cambridge University.
Tharman was committed through his years in government to building economic resilience and a more inclusive society. He introduced major educational reforms while serving as Education Minister, to make for a broader and more flexible system of meritocracy.
He later led the Skil