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With Tharman Shanmugaratnam winning Singapore’s presidential election, he joins a long list of Indian-origin leaders who are dominating politics at important world capitals. Mr. Shanmugaratnam, 66, received 70.4 per cent of the votes in the presidential election held on Friday. “Singaporeans have chosen Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam to be our next president by a decisive margin,”…
Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam is Singapore’s new President New Delhi: Singapore’s former Indian-origin Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected President on Friday, comfortably securing victory in the city-state’s first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade. “My fellow Singaporeans, I am truly humbled by the strong endorsement you have given…
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Former Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president. (File) Singapore: Former Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president Friday, according to official results, in the city-state’s first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade. The Elections Department declared the 66-year-old economist as the winner over two…
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People in Singapore will vote on September 1 to elect the country’s ninth President, with former Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam hoping to be the next Indian-origin Singaporean head of the state in a three-way contest. Mr. Shanmugaratnam, 66, an Indian-origin Singapore-born economist, formally launched his presidential campaign last month with a pledge to evolve the country’s…
