Parliament

The Parliament and the President jointly make up the legislature, which is based on the Westminster system. Parliament is unicameral and is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs) who are elected, as well as Non-constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) and Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) who are appointed. It was preceded by Legislative Assembly.

List of sessions

Parliament	Speaker	Prime Minister	Commenced	Session	Session dates	Dissolved	By-elections
1st (1963)	A.P. Rajah (1 November 1964 – August 1966) Punch Coomaraswamy (August 1966 – 8 February 1968)	Lee Kuan Yew	8 December 1965	1st	8 December 1965 – 8 February 1968	8 February 1968	1966 (January, March, November), 1967
2nd (1968)	Punch Coomaraswamy (6 May 1968 – 1970) Yeoh Ghim Seng (1970 – 16 August 1972)	Lee Kuan Yew	6 May 1968	1st	6 May 1968 – 14 April 1971	16 August 1972	1970
				2nd	21 July 1971 – 16 August 1972
3rd (1972)	Yeoh Ghim Seng	Lee Kuan Yew	12 October 1972	1st	12 October 1972 – 6 December 1974	6 December 1976	None
				2nd	21 February 1975 – 6 December 1976
4th (1976)	Yeoh Ghim Seng	Lee Kuan Yew	7 February 1977	1st	7 February 1977 – 2 October 1978	5 December 1980	1977 (May, July), 1979
				2nd	26 December 1978 – 5 December 1980
5th (1980)	Yeoh Ghim Seng	Lee Kuan Yew	3 February 1981	1st	3 February 1981 – 4 December 1984	4 December 1984	1981
6th (1984)	Yeoh Ghim Seng	Lee Kuan Yew	25 February 1985	1st	25 February 1985 – 27 January 1986	17 August 1988	None
				2nd	20 February 1986 – 17 August 1988
7th (1988)	Tan Soo Khoon	Lee Kuan Yew (9 January 1989 – 28 November 1990) Goh Chok Tong (28 November 1990 – 14 August 1991)	9 January 1989	1st	9 January 1989 – 21 April 1990	14 August 1991	None
				2nd	7 June 1990 – 29 January 1991
				3rd	22 February 1991 – 14 August 1991
8th (1991)	Tan Soo Khoon	Goh Chok Tong	6 January 1992	1st	6 January 1992 – 6 December 1993	16 December 1996	1992
				2nd	10 January 1994 – 16 December 1996
9th (1997)	Tan Soo Khoon	Goh Chok Tong	26 May 1997	1st	26 May 1997 – 8 September 1999	18 October 2001	None
				2nd	4 October 1999 – 18 October 2001
10th (2001)	Abdullah Tarmugi	Goh Chok Tong (25 March 2002 – 12 August 2004) Lee Hsien Loong (12 August 2004 – 20 April 2006)	25 March 2002	1st	25 March 2002 – 1 December 2004	20 April 2006	None
				2nd	12 January 2005 – 20 April 2006
11th (2006)	Abdullah Tarmugi	Lee Hsien Loong	2 November 2006	1st	2 November 2006 – 13 April 2009	19 April 2011	None
				2nd	18 May 2009 – 19 April 2011
12th (2011)	Michael Palmer (10 October 2011 – 12 December 2012) Halimah Yacob (14 January 2013 – 25 August 2015)	Lee Hsien Loong	10 October 2011	1st	10 October 2011 – 15 April 2014	25 August 2015	2012, 2013
				2nd	16 May 2014 – 25 August 2015
13th (2015)	Halimah Yacob (15 January 2016 – 7 August 2017) Tan Chuan-Jin (11 September 2017 – 23 June 2020)	Lee Hsien Loong	15 January 2016	1st	15 January 2016 – 3 April 2018	23 June 2020	2016
				2nd	7 May 2018 – 23 June 2020
14th (2020)	Tan Chuan Jin	Lee Hsien Loong	24 August 2020	1st	24 August 2020 - Present	N/A	N/A