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GovernmentCountry name
Conventional long form Republic of Singapore
Conventional short form Singapore Local long form Republic of Singapore Local short form Singapore Government type
Parliamentary republic
Capital
Name Singapore
Geographic coordinates 1 17 N, 103 51 E Time difference UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Administrative divisions
None
Independence
9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation) National holiday
National Day, 9 August (1965)
Constitution
3 June 1959; amended 1965 (based on pre-independence State of Singapore constitution) Legal system
English common law
International law organization participation
Has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt Suffrage
21 years of age; universal and compulsory Executive branch
Chief of state
President Tony TAN Keng Yam (since 1 September 2011) Head of government Prime Minister LEE Hsien Loong (since 12 August 2004); Deputy Prime Minister TEO Chee Hean (since 1 April 2009) and Deputy Prime Minister THARMAN Shanmugaratnam (since 21 May 2011); Senior Minister HENG Chee How (since 21 May 2011) Cabinet Appointed by president, responsible to parliament Elections President elected by popular vote for six-year term; election last held on 27 August 2011 (next to be held by August 2017); following legislative elections, leader of majority party or leader of majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by president; deputy prime ministers appointed by president Election results Tony TAN Keng Yam elected president from a field of four candidates with 35.2% of the votes cast Legislative branch
Unicameral Parliament (87 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); note - in addition, there are up to nine nominated members; up to three losing opposition candidates who came closest to winning seats may be appointed as Nominated Members of Parliament (NMP) Elections Last held on 7 May 2011 (next to be held in May 2016) Election results Percent of vote by party - PAP 60.1%, WP 12.8%, NSP 12.1%, others 15%; seats by party - PAP 81, WP 6 Judicial branch
Supreme Court consists of High Court and Court of Appeals; Specialist Commercial Courts consist of Admiralty Court, Intellectual Property Court, and Abritation Court Note (chief justice, judges of appeal, and judicial commissioners are appointed by the president with the advice of the prime minister) Political parties and leaders
National Solidarity Party or NSP [Hazel POA]; People's Action Party or PAP [LEE Hsien Loong]; Reform Party [Kenneth JEYARETNAM]; Singapore Democratic Alliance or SDA [CHIAM See Tong]; Singapore Democratic Party or SDP [CHEE Soon Juan]; Workers' Party or WP [Sylvia LIM Swee Lian] Note SDA includes Singapore Justice Party or SJP, Singapore National Malay Organization or PKMS, Singapore People's Party or SPP Political pressure groups and leaders
None
International organization participation
ADB, AOSIS, APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, C, CP, EAS, FATF, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNMIT, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in the us
Chief of mission Ambassador Ashok Kumar MIRPURI
Chancery 3501 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008 Telephone [1] (202) 537-3100FAX [1] (202) 537-0876 Consulate(s) general San Francisco Consulate(s) New York Diplomatic representation from the us
Chief of mission Ambassador David I. ADELMAN
Embassy 27 Napier Road, Singapore 258508 Mailing address FPO AP 96507-0001Telephone [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; red denotes brotherhood and equality; white signifies purity and virtue; the waxing crescent moon symbolizes a young nation on the ascendancy; the five stars represent the nation's ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equality
National symbol(s)
Lion
National anthem
Name
"Majulah Singapura" (Onward Singapore) Lyrics/music ZUBIR SaidNote Adopted 1965; the anthem, which was first performed in 1958 at the Victoria Theatre, is sung only in Malay
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