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Tharman Shanmugaratnam [a] (born 25 February 1957), also known mononymously as Tharman, is a Singaporean politician and economist who has been serving as the ninth president of Singapore since 2023. Prior to his presidency, Tharman served as Senior Minister of Singapore between 2019 and 2023, Coordinating Minister for Social Policies between ...
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- PERSONAL LIFE. Mr Tharman is married to Jane Yumiko Ittogi, who is a lawyer by training and of Chinese-Japanese descent. They have a daughter and three sons.
- EDUCATION. Mr Tharman attended the Anglo-Chinese School before graduating from the London School of Economics (LSE) with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics.
- ENTRY INTO POLITICS. An economist by professional background, Mr Tharman was first elected Member of Parliament in November 2001 in Jurong GRC, after the PAP team secured 79.75 per cent of the votes.
- OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT CASE. In 1992, while serving as director of the Economics Department of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Mr Tharman was one of five people charged under the Official Secrets Act after the growth rate for Singapore’s economy in the second quarter of that year was published in the Business Times before it was revealed officially.
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Feb 14, 2024 · Marriage and Children. In 1988, Tharman married Singaporean Lim Ho Koon, whom he met while studying at Oxford. Lim was working as an economist at the International Monetary Fund at the time. Tharman and Lim have three children – two daughters and a son. Very little is publicly known about Tharman’s children to respect their privacy.
Aug 25, 2023 · Presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam shares more about his school days, ... but was also unexpectedly open when questions touched on his personal life. Mr Tharman, 66, is the son of Mr ...
Sep 1, 2023 · Singaporeans have chosen Tharman Shanmugaratnam as their next president - but many would have let out a small sigh of disappointment as they did so. On Friday, the former top minister won a record ...
Aug 24, 2023 · SINGAPORE — As a university student at the London School of Economics in the 1970s, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam was known to be an activist who was friends with Communist sympathisers agitating ...
Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Tharman Shanmugaratnam [a] PBM (born 25 February 1957) is a Singaporean politician and economist. He is the President of Singapore since 2023. He was Senior Minister of Singapore between 2019 and 2023. He was also the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies between 2015 and 2023, and Chairman of the Monetary Authority ...
