What is Prime Minister of Singapore?
{{Infobox official post |post = Prime Minister |body = <br /> the Republic of Singapore |native_name = |insignia = |insigniasize = 100px |insigniacaption = |image = Lawrence Wong 20230526.jpg |incumbent = [[Lawrence Wong]] |incumbentsince = 15 May 2024 | department = [[Government of Singapore]]<br />[[Cabinet of Singapore]]<br />[[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Prime Minister's Office]] | style = [[Prime Minister]] (informal)<br />[[Excellency|His Excellency]] (diplomatic) |residence = [[Sri Temasek]] |appointer = [[President of Singapore|President]] |inaugural = [[Lee Kuan Yew]] |termlength = 5 years; renewable |formation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1959|6|3}} |deputy = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore|Deputy Prime Minister]] |salary = [[SGD|S$]]2,200,000 annually |website = {{URL|http://www.pmo.gov.sg/}} }} The '''Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore''' is the [[head of government|head of the government]] of the [[Republic]] of [[Singapore]]. The [[President of Singapore]] chooses as Prime Minister a [[members of the Singapore Parliament|Member of Parliament]] (MP) who, he thinks, will have the highest chance of being supported by a [[majority]] of MPs.<ref>Art. 25(1), {{Singapore Constitution|rep=1999}}</ref> The first time there was a Prime Minister was in 1959 and it was chosen by the [[Governor of Singapore]] and later the [[Yang di-Pertuan Negara]] ([[head of state]]), when Singapore could have the power to [[government|govern]] as the State of Singapore inside the [[British Empire]]. The title of Prime Minister did not change after Singapore [[Singapore in Malaysia|merged]] with the [[Federation of Malaya]], [[Sarawak]] and [[British North Borneo]], while Singapore was a state in the [[Federation of Malaysia]] from 1963 to 1965, and after independence in 1965. [[Lee Kuan Yew]] was the first prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990 and [[retire]]d on 26 November 1990. [[Goh Chok