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President Of SingaporeThe President of Singapore is the head of state, being elected by universal suffrage since 1993. Previously, the President was elected by the unicameral Parliament, with executive power remaining with the Prime Minister. The President's official residence is called the Istana. The President's flag is a banner of the country's coat of arms. The Presidency is modelled after the Westminster Model. The office of President was created in 1965 after Singapore became a Republic on its departure from the Federation of Malaysia in that year. It replaced the office of Yang di-Pertuan Negara, which had been created when Singapore gained self-government in 1959. The last Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusuf bin Ishaq, became the first President. He was replaced by Benjamin Henry Sheares, who served as President until his death in 1981, when he was succeeded by Chengara Veetil Devan Nair. Owing to personal problems, Nair stepped down in 1985 and was replaced by Wee Kim Wee, who served as President until 1993. In January 1991, the Constitution was amended to allow for the direct election of the President, who would have the right of veto over civil service appointments and the use of government reserves. The creation of the elected presidency is a major constitutional and political change in Singapore's history as under the revision, the President is empowered to veto government budgets and appointments to public office. The President also have the rights to veto government budgets and appoinments to public office. He can also examine the Government's exercise of its powers under the Internal Security Act and religious harmony laws, and in investigations into cases of corruption. The first directly elected President was Ong Teng Cheong, a former government minister. The incumbent President is SR Nathan. id="toc" | - All measures all in pixels
ImageSize = width:150 height:250 PlotArea = left:35 right:0 bottom:10 top:10 AlignBars = early DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1965 till:2004 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1970 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:5 start:1965 - there is no automatic collision detection,
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Define $dx = 25 # shift text to right side of bar PlotData= bar:Leaders color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S from:start till:1970 shift:($dx,5) text:Yusuf~Ishak from:1970 till:1981 shift:($dx,5) text:Benjamin~Sheares from:1981 till:1985 shift:($dx,3) text:CV~Devan Nair from:1985 till:1993 shift:($dx,5) text:Wee~Kim Wee from:1993 till:1999 shift:($dx,5) text:Ong~Teng Cheong from:1999 till:end shift:($dx,4) text:S.R.~Nathan | | Presidents of Singapore | List of presidents - 1965-1970: Inche Yusuf bin Ishaq (1910-1970)
- 1970-1981: Benjamin Henry Sheares (1907-1981)
- 1981-1985: CV Devan Nair (born 1923)
- 1985-1993: Wee Kim Wee (born 1915)
- 1993-1999: Ong Teng Cheong (1936-2002)
- From 1999: SR Nathan (born 1924)
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