Former senior minister Shanmugaratnam elected Singaporean president
16:47 UTC+8, 2023-09-02
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Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore's ninth president on Friday after garnering 70.4 percent of the total votes.
16:47 UTC+8, 2023-09-02
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam gives a speech at the nomination centre after submitting his nomination papers in Singapore August 22.
Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore's ninth president on Friday after garnering 70.4 percent of the total votes.
His rivals Ng Kok Song and Tan Kin Lian received 15.72 and 13.88 percent of the votes respectively, according to an announcement by Returning Officer Tan Meng Dui.
Over 2.48 million Singaporeans voted in the presidential election.
Source: Xinhua
Editor: Zhu Qing
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