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13th Parliament of Singapore

13th Parliament of Singapore
Majority parliament
15 January 2016 – present
House
Seating plan of the 13th Parliament of Singapore.svg
Seating arrangements of the House
Speaker of Parliament
Prime
Minister
Leader of the
Opposition
Sessions
1st Session
15 January 2016–
Cabinets
13th Cabinet
Lee Hsien Loong
1 October 2015–present
Parliamentarians
Elected NCMP Nominated
89 3 9
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The 13th Parliament of Singapore is the current Parliament of Singapore that began on 15 January 2016. The membership was set by the 2015 Singapore General Election on 11 September 2015.

The 13th Parliament is controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on 1 October 2015. The Opposition is led by the Secretary General of the Workers' Party, Low Thia Khiang. Halimah Yacob, of the People's Action Party, is the Speaker of Parliament. She was previously elected as the 9th Speaker of the House during the 12th Parliament on 14 January 2013.

The Workers' Party, being the best performing opposition parties were awarded 3 Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seats in accordance with the Constitution. Lee Li Lian, Dennis Tan, and Leon Perera were appointed as NCMPs, though Lee Li Lian had decided not to accept the NCMP post.

As of 25 January 2016, the Committee of Selection, chaired by Speaker Halimah Yacob, consists of seven other members:

Darryl David
Ong Teng Koon
Saktiandi Supaat
Teo Ho Pin
Vikram Nair

Henry Kwek
Joan Pereira
Rahayu Mahzam
Sun Xueling
Alex Yam
Melvin Yong


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