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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[edit]
Parliament | Speaker | Prime Minister | Commenced | Session | Session dates[1] | Dissolved | By-elections |
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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 |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Sessions of Parliament". Singapore Parliament.