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.
France–Singapore relations
In March 2007, President of the French Senate, Christian Poncelet made an official visit to Singapore as the head of a delegation comprising three senators. They met with Singaporean President S.R. Nathan, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Mr. Abdullah Tarmugi, Speaker of the Singapore Parliament. On 27 June 2007, while on a private visit in Paris, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew met newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace, the first meeting between the Minister Mentor and the President.