What is President of Singapore?
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox official post | post = President | body = the<br />Republic of Singapore | native_name = {{Collapsible list|title=&nbsp;| | {{nowrap|{{native name|ms|{{small|{{nobold|Presiden Republik Singapura}}}}}}}} | {{native name|zh|{{small|{{nobold|新加坡共和国总统}}}}|italics=off}} | {{native name|ta|{{small|{{nobold|சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசின் தலைவர்}}}}|italics=off}} }} | flag = Flag of the President of Singapore.svg | flagcaption = Presidential Flag | flagsize = 100px | insignia = | insigniasize = 100px | insigniacaption = Presidential coat-of-arms | image = Tharman Shanmugaratnam Official photo 2023.tif | incumbent = [[Tharman Shanmugaratnam]] | incumbentsince = 14 September 2023 | style = [[President|Mister President]] (informal)<br />[[Excellency|His Excellency]] (formal, diplomatic) | appointer = Elected by Parliament (1965–1991)<br />[[Presidential elections in Singapore|Direct election]] <br> (since 1991) | residence = [[Istana (Singapore)|Istana]] | termlength = 6 years; renewable | constituting_instrument = [https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/CONS1963 Constitution of Singapore], Article 17 | formation = 9 August 1965 | inaugural = [[Yusof Ishak]] | salary = [[Singapore dollar|S$]]1,680,000 annually | website = {{URL|istana.gov.sg}} }} The '''President of the Republic of Singapore''' is the country's [[head of state]]. [[Singapore]] has a [[parliamentary system]] of government. Executive authority is exercised by the Cabinet who was led by the [[Prime Minister of Singapore]]. The current president is Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who was elected with the 70% of the vote at the 2023 presidential election. The president's official residence and office is the Istana. However, no presidents since [[Yusof Ishak|Yusof bin Ishak]] (1965–1970) have lived there.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/president-elect-hopes-continue-living-yishun-flat |title=Security stepped up at President-elect Halimah's Yishun housing block |publisher=Today |date=13 September 2017| access-date= 14