Indian origin President in Singapore
The Indian Origin Tharman Shanmugaratham has previously served as the deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2011 and 2019 and as a senior minister in the cabinet between 2019 to 2013.
Tharman was born to medical scientist who was known as the Father of Pathology in Singapore. He was born on 25 February to 1957, to Tamil origin Singaporean parents. His family ancestors settle in Singapore long back.
Tharman will be president for the next 6 years as the president serves 6 years in Singapore. He will be third Indian origin President of Singapore after Tamil origin Sellapan Ramanathan and Malayali origin Chengra Veetil devan Nair. He won the election by beating Ng Kok Song(former chief investment officer and Tan Kin Lian former chief NTUC Income. I won the elections with 70 % of total vote in his shares. this was his first presidential election.
Tharman is also an economist, with a bachelors degree for the same from London School of Economics. He also complete Mater of Philosophy degree in economics and Master in Public Administration form Harvard University.
He was a economist by profession and worked in the field of social policies and joined politics in the year 2001 by joining the People's Action Party.
He has held various ministerial and official post throughout his career.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Tharman on this win on Twitter/X.
Tweet by PM
Indian Origin people are continuously making their presence felt in the world by achieving positions of power.
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