People Action Party
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People's Action Party
Parti Tindakan Rakyat ڤرتي تيندقن رعيت 人民行动党 Rénmín Xíngdòngdǎng மக்கள் செயல் கட்சி Makkaḷ Ceyal Kaṭci |
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| Chairman | Khaw Boon Wan |
| Secretary-General | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Vice-Chairman | Yaacob Ibrahim |
| Assistant Secretary-General |
Teo Chee Hean Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
| Founder | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Founded | 21 November 1954 |
| Headquarters | PCF Building 57B New Upper Changi Road #01-1402 Singapore 463057 |
| Youth wing | Young PAP |
| Women's wing | Women's Wing (PAP) |
| Policy forum | PAP Policy Forum |
| Senior wing | PAP Seniors Group |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Economic liberalism Liberal conservatism Civic nationalism Social conservatism Authoritarianism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | White, Blue, Red |
| Parliament |
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| Website | |
| www.pap.org.sg | |
The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major centre-rightpolitical party in Singapore. Having been the country's ruling party since 1959, it is Singapore's longest (and only) ruling party. This continuous rule has led the country to be described as a "de facto one party-state" and "undemocratic".
Since the 1959 general elections, the PAP has dominated Singapore's politics and has been credited as being central to the city-state's rapid political, social, and economic development. In the 2015 Singapore general election, the most recent election held in 2015, the PAP won 83 of the 89 constituency elected seats in the Parliament of Singapore, with 69.86% of total votes cast.
Lee Kuan Yew, Toh Chin Chye and Goh Keng Swee were involved the Malayan Forum, a London-based student activist group that was against colonial rule in Malaya in the 1940s and early 1950s. Upon returning to Singapore, the group met regularly to discuss approaches to attain independence in Malayan territories, and started looking for like-minded individuals to start a political party. Journalist S. Rajaratnam was introduced to Lee by Goh. Lee was also introduced to several English-educated left-wing students and Chinese-educated union and student leaders while working on the Fajar sedition trial and the National Service riot case.
The PAP was officially registered as a political party on 21 November 1954. Convenors of the party include a group of trade unionists, lawyers and journalists such as Lee Kuan Yew, Abdul Samad Ismail, Toh Chin Chye, Goh Keng Swee, Devan Nair, S. Rajaratnam, Chan Chiaw Thor, Fong Swee Suan, Tann Wee Keng and Tann Wee Tiong. The political party was led by Lee Kuan Yew as its secretary-general, with Toh Chin Chye as its founding chairman. Other party officers include Tann Wee Tiong, Lee Gek Seng, Ong Eng Guan and Tann Wee Keng.
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