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.
2017 Singaporean presidential election
The reserved Presidential election is also seen as an elaborate plan to block the candidacy of Tan Cheng Bock, who lost by a thin margin of 0.35% in the 2011 Presidential elections to Tony Tan Keng Yam, a former deputy prime minister. Some social media users have mockingly referred to the move as "Tan Cheng Block". The Singapore government has denied the accusation.