Tharman Shanmugaratnam: 4 things to know about the Singapore presidential aspirant

The five individuals who were charged, including then-editor of the Business Times Patrick Daniel, pleaded not guilty. The case dragged on for over a year, and Tharman was eventually acquitted of the charge of communicating the GDP growth projections, but was not successful in contesting the lesser charge of negligence.4. He was once touted as Singapore's next Prime Minister

Tharman's entry into politics began in 2001 when he was elected a Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC under the People's Action Party 's ticket. He would go on to contest and win the seat four more times, securing huge majorities of the vote. Over the next 22 years, Tharman held a wide range of ministerial portfolios and government positions. He was Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister from 2011-2019, Minister for Finance from 2007-2015, Minister for Education from 2003-2008, and Minister for Manpower from 2011-2012. He has been a Senior Minister in the Cabinet since 2019, and has been the incumbent Coordinating Minister for Social Policies since 2015.

Although he has long dismissed the idea of becoming Prime Minister, Tharman still enjoys immense popularity among Singaporeans, as evidenced in the large majorities he has continuously garnered from his constituents in Taman Jurong. A 2016 showed that Tharman was the clear favourite among Singaporeans to succeed Lee Hsien Loong as Singapore's next Prime Minister, with 69 per cent of the 897 respondents saying they would support Tharman as a candidate for Prime Minister."I didn't particularly liked being the person to score goals, but I enjoyed greatly, and for some reason was quite good, at being centre-half, left-half, sometimes full-back.

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