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| Tharman Shanmugaratnam will probably be sworn in as Singapore’s ninth President on September 14 (Photograph: AFP/VNA) |
Singapore – Tharman Shanmugaratnam will grow to be the ninth President of Singapore after successful 70.4 per cent of votes within the September 1 election.
The outcomes launched on early September 2 confirmed that Ng Kok Track, a former chief funding officer at sovereign wealth fund GIC, gained 15.7 per cent of the votes, and Tan Kin Lian, a former insurance coverage firm head underneath the nationwide commerce union physique NTUC, obtained 13.9 per cent.
Over 2.48 million Singaporeans voted within the first contested presidential election in over a decade.
It is a vote of confidence in Singapore, Tharman, most not too long ago a senior minister in Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s cupboard, instructed the media.
Tharman will probably be sworn in as Singapore’s ninth President on September 14.
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