10th Parliament of Singapore
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| 10th Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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| Legislative body | Parliament of Singapore | ||||
| Meeting place | Parliament House | ||||
| Term | 25 March 2002 – 20 April 2006 | ||||
| Election | 3 November 2001 | ||||
| Government | People's Action Party | ||||
| Opposition | Singapore Democratic Alliance Workers' Party | ||||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||||
| Members | 93 | ||||
| Speaker | Abdullah Tarmugi | ||||
| Leader of the House | Wong Kan Seng | ||||
| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong (until 2004) Lee Hsien Loong (from 2004) | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Chiam See Tong | ||||
| Party control | PAP supermajority | ||||
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The 10th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 25 March 2002 and was prorogued on the 1 December 2004. The second session begun from 12 January 2005 and was dissolved on 20 April 2006.[1] The membership was set by the 2001 Singapore General Election on 3 November 2001, and it has been only changed due to Lee Hsien Loong being elected as the Prime Minister in Singapore in 2004.
The 10th Parliament is controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on 3 November 2001, and later led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who assumed power on 12 August 2004. The Opposition is led by the Mr Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic Alliance. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is Abdullah bin Tarmugi, of the People's Action Party. He was elected as the Speaker of the House for the 10th Parliament on 25 March 2002.
As of 2024, the 10th Parliament was the second (and latest) Parliament that had no vacant seats arising part-way through the term, with the third Parliament being the first.
Officeholders
[edit]Speakers
[edit]- Speaker: Abdullah Tarmugi (PAP)
- Deputy Speaker:
- Chew Heng Ching (PAP), from 1 April 2002
- Lim Hwee Hua (PAP), from 1 April 2002 until 11 August 2004
- S. Iswaran (PAP), from 1 September 2004
Leaders
[edit]- Prime Minister:
- Goh Chok Tong (PAP), until 12 August 2004
- Lee Hsien Loong (PAP), from 12 August 2004
- Leader of the Opposition: Chiam See Tong (SDA)
House Leaders
[edit]- Leader of the House: Wong Kan Seng (PAP)
- Deputy Leader of the House: Mah Bow Tan (PAP), from 1 April 2002
Whips
[edit]- Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Lee Boon Yang[2]
- Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party:
Composition
[edit]| Political party | Members | ||
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| At election | At dissolution | ||
| People's Action Party | 81 | 81 | |
| Singapore Democratic Alliance | 2 | 2 | |
| Workers' Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Nominated Members of Parliament | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 84 | 93 | |
| Government majority | 38 | 34 | |
Members
[edit]Elected Members of Parliament
[edit]Non-constituency Members of Parliament
[edit]| Member | Party | Constituency contested | |
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| Steve Chia | Singapore Democratic Alliance | Chua Chu Kang SMC | |
Nominated Members of Parliament
[edit]- Fang Ai Lian, from 2 July 2002 until 1 January 2005
- Gan See Khem, from 2 July 2002 until 1 January 2005
- Olivia Lum, from 2 July 2002 until 1 January 2005
- Braema Mathiaparanam, from 2 July 2002 until 1 January 2005
- Chandra Mohan K. Nair, from 2 July 2002 until 1 January 2005
- A. Nithiah Nandan, from 2 July 2002 until 1 January 2005
- Ng Ser Miang, from 2 July 2002 until 1 January 2005
- Ngiam Tee Liang, from 2 July 2002 until 1 January 2005
- Alexander Chan Meng Wah, from 2 January 2005
- Geh Min, from 2 January 2005
- Lawrence Leow Chin Hin, from 2 January 2005
- Loo Choon Yong, from 2 January 2005
- Eunice Olsen, from 2 January 2005
- Ong Soh Khim, from 2 January 2005
- Ivan Png, from 2 January 2005
- Tan Sze Wee, from 2 January 2005
- Teo Yock Ngee, from 2 January 2005
References
[edit]- ^ "Sessions of Parliament | Parliament Of Singapore". www.parliament.gov.sg. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Portrait of Dr. Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Manpower - BookSG - National Library Board, Singapore". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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Speaker: Abdullah Tarmugi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The party affiliation of each member is indicated right after the constituency he or she represents. PAP: People's Action Party; SDA: Singapore Democratic Alliance; WP: The Workers' Party NMPs do not belong to any party. There were two terms of NMPs in this parliament, with nine NMPs in each term. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||