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Singapore

Singapore

StaleSovereign state

Singapore

Primary executive

Stale
Lawrence Wong
Originalhttps://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/101_kishida/actions/202305/26hyokei.html · 内閣官房内閣広報室 · CC BY · Original

Lawrence Wong

Head of government Active

Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore · Principal · De jure

Head of state

Tharman Shanmugaratnam
OriginalMinistry of Communications and Information (MCI) · Mohd Fyrol Anwar Aziz Marican, Lim Sin Thai · CC BY-SA · Original

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Head of state Active

President of the Republic of Singapore · Principal

Editorial profile v1

Verified country brief

Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.

completeAug 10, 2026
Executive system
Parliamentary republic · One primary executive function
Dominant executive office
Head of government
Why this office is primary
Singapore is a parliamentary republic in which the elected President is head of state with constitutional custodial powers, while the Prime Minister and Cabinet direct the Government and are responsible to Parliament.

Next election

Date not scheduled

Next Singaporean general election

Date not scheduled · Parliamentary election

Electoral system
First-past-the-post in single-member constituencies and party-team plurality voting in group representation constituencies.
Parliament of Singapore - Members of Parliament

Latest election

Completed

2025 Singaporean general election

May 3, 2025 · Parliamentary election

Electoral system
First-past-the-post in single-member constituencies and party-team plurality voting in group representation constituencies.
Published result
PAP · 87 Seats; WP · 10 Seats
Elections Department Singapore - 2025 final results

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

Partial
Tracked parties
53
Active in source
14
Historical in source
19
parties shown
53
More parties (41)

Administration

Partial

Government of Singapore

Current

Aug 9, 2026 · 0 Party

Legislature

Partial

Parliament of Singapore

Elections

Partial

2015 Singaporean general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Sep 11, 2015

Completed

2011 Singaporean presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

Aug 27, 2011

Completed

2011 Singaporean general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

May 7, 2011

Completed

2006 Singaporean general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

May 6, 2006

Completed

1993 Singaporean presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

Aug 28, 1993

Completed

1970 Singaporean by-elections

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Apr 18, 1970

Completed

1967 Singaporean by-elections

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Mar 7, 1967

Completed

1966 Singaporean by-elections

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Mar 1, 1966

Completed

1961 Singaporean by-elections

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jan 1, 1961

Completed

1958 Singaporean City Council by-election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jul 26, 1958

Completed

Candidates

Partial

Sources

12

  1. 1The Istana - Swearing-in of President Tharman Shanmugaratnamcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  2. 2Prime Minister Office - Lawrence Wong swearing-in ceremonycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  3. 3Parliament of Singapore - Members of Parliamentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  4. 4Parliament of Singapore - Sessions of Parliamentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  5. 5Elections Department Singapore - 2025 final resultscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  6. 6Government of Singapore - Cost of living supportcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  7. 7Prime Minister Office - 2026 New Year Messagecitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  8. 8Ministry of Finance - Budget 2026 public consultationcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  9. 9Prime Minister Office Singaporecitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  10. 10The Istana Singaporecitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  11. 11WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  12. 12Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Southeast Asia

Indonesia. Primary executive: Prabowo Subianto. PartialTimor-Leste. Primary executive: Xanana Gusmão. Head of state: José Ramos-Horta. PartialCambodia. Primary executive: Hun Manet. Head of state: Norodom Sihamoni. PartialThailand. Primary executive: Anutin Charnvirakul. Head of state: Vajiralongkorn. StaleLaos. Primary executive: Thongloun Sisoulith. PartialMyanmar (Burma). Primary executive: Min Aung Hlaing. PartialVietnam. Primary executive: Tô Lâm. PartialPhilippines. Primary executive: Bongbong Marcos. PartialMalaysia. Primary executive: Anwar Ibrahim. Head of state: Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor. StaleBrunei. Primary executive: Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei. Partial
SingaporePrimary executive: Lawrence WongHead of state: Tharman ShanmugaratnamStale
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Listed without map geometry (1)

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