President of Singapore
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 led by the Prime Minister of Singapore. The current president is Halimah Yacob, who was elected unopposed at the 2017 presidential election. She is the first female President of Singapore and first Malay head of state in 47 years since the death of Yusof Bin Ishak, Singapore's first president.
Powers of the President of Singapore
The CPA consists of six persons, two appointed at the personal discretion of the President, two on the advice of the Prime Minister, one on the advice of the Chief Justice, and one on the advice of the Chairman of the Public Service Commission. The President also has discretion to appoint one of the members of the Council as chairman. As of 8 January 2013, the Chairman of the CPA was J.Y. Pillay, Chairman of the Singapore Exchange, and the other members were Po'ad bin Shaik Abu Bakar Mattar, former senior partner of Deloitte & Touche; former Government minister and Temasek Holdings chairman S. Dhanabalan; former Supreme Court judge Goh Joon Seng; former Singapore Totalisator Board chairman Bobby Chin Yoke Choong; and chairman of the Shell companies in Singapore. There are two alternate members: former Government minister and Keppel Corporation chairman Lim Chee Onn, and Singapore Airlines chairman Stephen Lee. The CPA conducts proceedings in private, and its members are required to take an oath of secrecy.