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The speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Singapore. The speaker is also second in the presidential line of succession. The incumbent speaker is Tan Chuan-Jin, who took office on 11 September 2017. Although Singapore is modelled after the Westminster system, unlike their counterpart in the United Kingdom—where the speaker must remain strictly non-partisan and renounce all affiliation with their former political parties when taking office and afterwards, the speaker of the Parliament of Singapore can choose to remain partisan.

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  • The speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Singapore. The speaker is also second in the presidential line of succession. The incumbent speaker is Tan Chuan-Jin, who took office on 11 September 2017. Although Singapore is modelled after the Westminster system, unlike their counterpart in the United Kingdom—where the speaker must remain strictly non-partisan and renounce all affiliation with their former political parties when taking office and afterwards, the speaker of the Parliament of Singapore can choose to remain partisan. The incumbent deputy speakers are Christopher de Souza and Jessica Tan, who took office on 31 August 2020. (en)
  • 國會議長（英語：Speaker of the Parliament）是新加坡共和国的议会主持人，議長也是繼總統顧問理事會（CPA）主席之後的第二位總統繼任者。新加坡至今的十任议长中，仅有两人不是议员；分别为首任议长乔治·厄勒斯爵士和第四任议长古马拉三美。第九任国会议长哈莉玛·雅各布是新加坡国会史上第一位女议长。 人民行動黨的陈川仁是现任新加坡国会议长，副議長是及。 (zh)
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  • Parliament of Singapore (en)
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  • 1955-06-05 (xsd:date)
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  • 2017-09-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Coat of arms of Singapore.svg (en)
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  • Speaker (en)
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  • (en)
  • S$550,000 annually (en)
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  • (en)
  • The Honourable (en)
  • Mr Speaker (en)
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  • No term limit (en)
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  • 國會議長（英語：Speaker of the Parliament）是新加坡共和国的议会主持人，議長也是繼總統顧問理事會（CPA）主席之後的第二位總統繼任者。新加坡至今的十任议长中，仅有两人不是议员；分别为首任议长乔治·厄勒斯爵士和第四任议长古马拉三美。第九任国会议长哈莉玛·雅各布是新加坡国会史上第一位女议长。 人民行動黨的陈川仁是现任新加坡国会议长，副議長是及。 (zh)
  • The speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Singapore. The speaker is also second in the presidential line of succession. The incumbent speaker is Tan Chuan-Jin, who took office on 11 September 2017. Although Singapore is modelled after the Westminster system, unlike their counterpart in the United Kingdom—where the speaker must remain strictly non-partisan and renounce all affiliation with their former political parties when taking office and afterwards, the speaker of the Parliament of Singapore can choose to remain partisan. (en)
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  • Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore (en)
  • 新加坡國會議長 (zh)
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