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Country Profile

Singapore officially the Republic of Singapore, is a South East Asian City-State(made up of 63 islands) off the Southern Tip of the Malay Peninsula 137 kilometres (85 miles) North of the Equator(an imaginary line on the Earth's surface equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole)
Capital                             Singapore
Currency                          Singapore Dollar
Population                        5.2 Million(2011 Estimate)
                                       of which 63% are Residents and 37% Are Permanent Residents(Foreign /workers)
Official Language             English;Malay;Chinese and Tamil


Government

Singapore is a Parliamentary Representative Democratic Republic whereby the President is Head of State , the Prime Minister is the Head of Govt.Executive Power  is exercised by the cabinet. Cabinet has the general direction and control of the Government and is collectively responsible to Parliament.Legislative Power is vested in both the Govt. and the Parliament.
Singapore Parliament is Unicameral consisting of 87 Members elected on a Plurality Voting basis and represent either single-member constituencies (SMCs) or group Representation Constituencies (GRCs). In GRCs, political parties field a team of between three to six candidates. At least one candidate in the team must belong to a minority race.The maximum term of any one parliament is five years.

 President of Singapore

Tony Tan Keng Yam  is the Current and 7th President of Singapore in office from Sep 1,2011 after winning the Presidential Election held on Aug 27,2011 by securing 35.20 %Votes defeating Tan Cheng Bock who got 34.85% Votes and Tan Jee Say who got 25.04% votes.

  

Prime Minister of Singapore

Lee Hsien Loong(eldest son of Singapore's 1st PM Lee Kuan Yew) is the Current and 3rd PM of Singapore in office from Aug 12,2004