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    Singapore Government - 2004

    https://immigration-usa.com/wfb2004/singapore/singapore_government.html
    SOURCE: 2004 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Country name:
      conventional long form: Republic of Singapore
      conventional short form: Singapore

      Government type:
      parliamentary republic

      Capital:
      Singapore

      Administrative divisions:
      none

      Independence:
      9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation)

      National holiday:
      Independence Day, 9 August (1965)

      Constitution:
      3 June 1959, amended 1965 (based on preindependence State of Singapore Constitution)

      Legal system:
      based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:
      21 years of age; universal and compulsory

      Executive branch:
      chief of state: President Sellapan Rama (S. R.) NATHAN (since 1 September 1999)
      head of government: Prime Minister GOH Chok Tong (since 28 November 1990) and Deputy Prime Ministers Brig. Gen. (Ret.) LEE Hsien Loong (since 28 November 1990) and Tony TAN Keng Yam (since 1 August 1995)
      cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president, responsible to Parliament
      elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term; election last held 28 August 1999 (next to be held by August 2005); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of a majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the president; deputy prime ministers appointed by the president
      election results: Sellapan Rama (S. R.) NATHAN elected president unopposed

      Legislative branch:
      unicameral Parliament (84 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); note - in addition, there are up to nine nominated members; the losing opposition candidate who came closest to winning a seat may be appointed as a "nonconstituency" member
      elections: last held 3 November 2001 (next to be held not later than 25 June 2007)
      election results: percent of vote by party - PAP 75.3% (in contested constituencies), other 24.7%; seats by party - PAP 82, WP 1, SDA 1

      Judicial branch:
      Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president with the advice of the prime minister, other judges are appointed by the president with the advice of the chief justice); Court of Appeals

      Political parties and leaders:
      governing party: People's Action Party or PAP [GOH Chok Tong]; opposition parties: Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [LING How Dong]; National Solidarity Party or NSP [vacant] (SDA group); Singapore Democratic Alliance or SDA [CHIAM See Tong] (includes SPP, PKMS, NSP, SJP); Singapore Democratic Party or SDP [CHEE Soon Juan]; Singapore Justice Party or SJP [Desmond LIM] (SDA group); Singapore National Malay Organization or PKMS [Muhammad ALI Aman] (SDA group); Singapore People's Party or SPP [CHIAM See Tong] (SDA group); Workers' Party or WP [LOW Thia Kiang]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:
      NA

      International organization participation:
      APEC, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, BIS, C, CP, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNMISET, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO

      Diplomatic representation in the US:
      chief of mission: Ambassador CHAN Heng Chee
      consulate(s): New York
      consulate(s) general: San Francisco
      FAX: [1] (202) 537-0876
      telephone: [1] (202) 537-3100
      chancery: 3501 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008

      Diplomatic representation from the US:
      chief of mission: Ambassador Franklin L. LAVIN
      embassy: 27 Napier Road, Singapore 258508
      mailing address: FPO AP 96507-0001
      telephone: [65] 6476-9100
      FAX: [65] 6476-9340

      Flag description:
      two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near the hoist side of the red band, there is a vertical, white crescent (closed portion is toward the hoist side) partially enclosing five white five-pointed stars arranged in a circle


      NOTE: The information regarding Singapore on this page is re-published from the 2004 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Singapore Government 2004 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Singapore Government 2004 should be addressed to the CIA.

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