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Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam elected Singapore President
The Morning Standard
|September 02, 2023
FORMER Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president on Friday, according to official results, in the city-state's first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade.
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The Elections Department declared the 66-year-old economist as the winner over two rival candidates after securing 70.4% of ballots cast.
"I declare Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam as the candidate duly elected as the president of Singapore," said election returning officer Tan Meng Dui.
replaces Shanmugaratnam incumbent Halimah Yacob who ran unopposed for her six-year term in 2017.
"I believe that it's a vote of confidence in Singapore. It's a vote of optimism for a future in which we can progress together," Shanmugaratnam said in a speech before the results were announced.
This story is from the September 02, 2023 edition of The Morning Standard.
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