Tharman Shanmugaratnam
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam MP |
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| தர்மன் சண்முகரத்தினம் | |
Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the official opening of Yuan Ching Secondary School's new building, Singapore
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore | |
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Assumed office 21 May 2011 Serving with Teo Chee Hean (2009) |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Wong Kan Seng |
| Co-ordinating Minister for Economic & Social Policies | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore | |
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Assumed office 1 May 2011 |
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| Deputy | Lim Hng Kiang |
| Preceded by | Goh Chok Tong |
| Minister for Finance | |
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In office 12 May 2016 – 22 August 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Heng Swee Keat |
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In office 1 December 2007 – 30 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Succeeded by | Heng Swee Keat |
| Minister for Manpower | |
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In office 21 May 2011 – 31 July 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Gan Kim Yong |
| Succeeded by | Tan Chuan-Jin |
| Second Minister for Finance | |
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In office 2005 – 1 December 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister for Education | |
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In office 1 August 2003 – 1 April 2008 |
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| Prime Minister |
Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Teo Chee Hean |
| Succeeded by | Ng Eng Hen |
| Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC (Taman Jurong) |
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Assumed office 3 November 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Ravindran Ramasamy (Bukit Timah GRC – Jurong) |
| Constituency | Jurong GRC (Taman Jurong) (2001) |
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25 February 1957 Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party (2001) |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Yumiko Ittogi |
| Alma mater |
Anglo-Chinese School, London School of Economics, University of Cambridge, Harvard University |
| Religion | Hinduism |
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Chinese: 尚达曼 pinyin: sháng dá màn; Tamil: தர்மன் சண்முகரத்தினம்; born 25 February 1957) is a Singaporean policy-maker and politician. He is currently Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies. He is also Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore's central bank and financial regulator.
Tharman is also Chairman of the Group of Thirty, an independent global council of leading economic and financial policy-makers, having succeeded Jean-Claude Trichet in Jan 2017. He was previously appointed by his international peers as Chairman of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the key policy forum of the IMF, for an extended period of four years from March 2011; he was its first Asian chair.
He has spent his working life in public service, in roles related to economic policy and education. He served as Minister for Finance for eight years, over 2007 to 2015, and as Minister for Education for five years, over 2003 to 2008. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in 2011.
Tharman is a Board member of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and chairs its Investment Strategies Committee.
Tharman also leads the national Council for Skills, Innovation and Productivity (CSIP). One of its key programmes aims to develop the skills of the future and a culture of lifelong learning among Singaporeans (SkillsFuture). He also chairs the International Advisory Council of the Singapore Economic Development Board, and the International Academic Advisory Panel that advises the Government on strategies for the university sector.
Tharman served as the Chief Executive of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in 1998, before he entered politics in 2001.
Tharman was elected to Parliament at the 2001 general election. Following the election, he was a Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Education. He then served as the Minister for Education from 2003 to 2008. In May 2006, he was also appointed to the post of Second Minister for Finance.
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