President of Singapore
The eighth and current president, Halimah Yacob, took office on 14 September 2017, becoming the first president elected as she was the sole eligible candidate under the new reform terms which took effect earlier that year. She is also the first female President of Singapore.
2023 Singaporean presidential election
The Presidency is, by the rules of the Constitution, required to be nonpartisan. However, the incumbent President, Halimah Yacob had ties with the People's Action Party up until her presidential campaign. She was a member of the party's Central Executive Committee, as well as the chair of the party's Seniors Group. She was also an elected PAP Member of Parliament and Speaker of Parliament prior to her resignation in 2017 to run for President.