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  1. The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and one of three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and Progress Singapore Party (PSP).

  2. It is the second-longest governing party in history after Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party, which led for 71 years from 1929 to 2000. Positioned on the centre-right of Singapore politics, the PAP is ideologically socially conservative and economically liberal.

  3. The People's Action Party (PAP) is a large centre-right political party in Singapore. It is one of two main parties in the Parliament of Singapore, with the other being the Workers' Party. It was started in 1954 and supported Singapore being independent from Malaysia. It has been in charge of Singapore since the 1959 general election.

    Name(birth– Death)
    Term Of Office
    Term Of Office
    Time In Office
    Heng Swee Keat(born 15 April 1961)
    26 November 2022
    Incumbent
    1 year, 125 days
    Gan Kim Yong(born 9 February 1959)
    23 November 2018
    26 November 2022
    4 years, 3 days
    Khaw Boon Wan(born 8 December 1952)
    1 June 2011
    23 November 2018
    7 years, 175 days
    Lim Boon Heng(born 18 November 1947)
    3 December 2004
    1 June 2011
    6 years, 180 days
    • PAP
    • Parti Tindakan Rakyat
    • 人民行动党, Rénmín Xíngdòng Dǎng
    • மக்களின் செயல் கட்சி, Makkaḷin Ceyal Kaṭci
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  5. History. See also. Notes. References. External links. People's Party (United States, 2017) The People's Party (formerly the Movement for a People's Party, MPP) is a syncretic political organization in the United States aimed at "forming a major new political party free of corporate money and influence." [14]

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    • November 9, 2017; 5 years ago
    • Draft Bernie for a People's Party
  6. Background. The People’s Action Party (PAP) was established on 21 November 1954 with the primary objective of striving for Singapore’s independence from British rule.1 The political party was first led by Lee Kuan Yew as its secretary-general, with Toh Chin Chye as its founding chairman.2 The PAP was voted into power in the Legislative ...

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