Economist-turned-politician: Who is Tharman Shanmugaratnam, new president of Singapore khaleejtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from khaleejtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Indian-origin politician Tharman Shanmugaratnam becomes president of Singapore orissapost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from orissapost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, an Indian-origin economist-turned-politician, won the presidential elections in Singapore by bagging over 70 per cent of votes.
Elected as the ninth president of Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a distinguished economist, became the third Indian-origin person to head the prosperous city-state for the next six years. Born to Tamil ancestors from the Singapore Indian community that forms approximately nine per cent of the over 2.7 million Singaporean voters, Tharman is one of the most qualified citizens of the resource-scarce city-state that has witnessed various development phases for over 50 years. "I have been deeply