Tharman Shanmugaratnam
President of Singapore since 2023
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| October 2024 | The Global Commission on the Economics of Water, which Tharman co-chairs, released its final report. |
| July 2024 | Tharman became co-chair of the High-Level Advisory Council on Jobs, established by the World Bank Group. |
| June 2024 | Tharman made state visits to Italy and Estonia. |
| May 15 2024 | Tharman appointed Lawrence Wong as the 4th prime minister of Singapore after Lee Hsien Loong resigned. |
| January 24 2024 | Tharman made his first state visit to Brunei as president. |
| 2023 | Tharman was reappointed to co-chair the Advisory Board of the Human Development Report alongside Joseph Stiglitz for the term 2023/24. |
| September 14 2023 | Tharman was sworn in as the ninth president of Singapore at a ceremony held at the Istana. |
| September 2 2023 | Tharman Shanmugaratnam was announced as the winner of the 2023 presidential election, receiving 70.41% of the vote, marking a landslide victory and making history as the first presidential candidate not of Chinese descent to win in a contested presidential election in Singapore. |
| August 18 2023 | The Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) issued Tharman the Certificate of Eligibility (COE) for the presidential election. |
| August 7 2023 | Tharman submitted his application for the Certificate of Eligibility (COE) to the Elections Department. |
| July 26 2023 | Tharman launched his presidential campaign with the slogan 'Respect for All'. |
| July 8 2023 | Tharman was succeeded by Lawrence Wong as Chairman of the Investment Strategies Committee (ISC) and in his roles at the International Advisory Council of the Economic Development Board (EDB). |
| July 7 2023 | Tharman resigned from all his positions in the government and as a member of the People's Action Party (PAP) to stand in the presidential election. |
| July 7 2023 | Tharman Shanmugaratnam was succeeded by Lawrence Wong as Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Deputy Chairman of GIC. |
| June 8 2023 | Tharman announced his intention to run for the 2023 presidential election and disclosed his scheduled resignation from all government positions and as a member of the People's Action Party (PAP) on 7 July 2023. |
| March 2023 | Tharman co-chaired the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, whose initial recommendations shaped the outcomes of the UN Water Conference. |
| 2022 | Tharman served as Co-Chairman of the High-Level Russia-Singapore Inter-Governmental Commission, which he contributed to until 2022. |
| March 2022 | Tharman was appointed as a member of the United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism. |
| January 2021 | Tharman was appointed by the G20 to co-chair the G20 High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, alongside Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Lawrence Summers. |
| 2020 | Tharman was re-elected to Parliament in the 2020 general elections. |
| 2019 | Tharman was appointed as a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum (WEF). |
| 2019 | Tharman was appointed Deputy Chairman of GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, a role he held until 7 July 2023. |
| October 2019 | Tharman received the Institute of International Finance's inaugural Distinguished Leadership and Service Award. |
| June 2019 | Tharman was conferred the Freedom of the City of London award for his contributions to global finance governance. |
| May 2019 | Tharman was conferred Honorary Membership of the Singapore Medical Association. |
| May 22 2019 | The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced that Tharman will co-chair the Advisory Board of the Human Development Report (HDR) 2019, alongside Thomas Piketty. |
| April 23 2019 | On 23 April 2019, it was announced that Tharman and Teo Chee Hean were appointed Senior Ministers effective from 1 May 2019 under a Cabinet reshuffle, relinquishing their Deputy Prime Minister portfolios. |
| May 2017 | The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) conferred its highest award, the Medal of Honour, on Tharman for his contributions to the labour movement. |
| April 2017 | Tharman was appointed by the G20 to chair the G20 Eminent Persons Group (EPG) on Global Financial Governance. |
| January 2017 | On January 1, Tharman succeeded Jean-Claude Trichet as Chair of the Group of Thirty, an independent global council of leading economic and financial policymakers. |
| 2015 | Tharman was re-elected to Parliament in the 2015 general elections. |
| September 30 2015 | Tharman stepped down as Minister for Finance on 30 September 2015, after 9 years, while remaining Deputy Prime Minister and was also appointed Coordinating Minister for Social Policies. |
| 2014 | Tharman led the launch of the SkillsFuture programme aimed at developing future skills and opportunities for lifelong learning and job upskilling among Singaporeans. |
| 2014 | Tharman chaired the International Advisory Council (IAC) of the Economic Development Board (EDB), a role he maintained until 2023. |
| 2013 | Tharman was named Finance Minister of the Year by Euromoney for his roles in the economic restructuring of Singapore. |
| 2011 | Tharman was re-elected to Parliament in the 2011 general elections. |
| 2011 | The London School of Economics awarded Tharman an Honorary Fellowship. |
| 2011 | Tharman Shanmugaratnam was appointed as the chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), serving until 2014. |
| 2011 | Following the 2011 general election, Tharman was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, while retaining his portfolio as Minister for Finance. |
| May 2011 | Tharman Shanmugaratnam began serving as Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), a position he held until 7 July 2023. |
| July 2010 | Tharman became the fourth recipient of the Honorary Fellowship of the Economic Society of Singapore. |
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