7 November 2018

Overview of Singapore’s
Government
Singapore is a Parliamentary
Representative Democratic Republic
Modeled Government.
Their government consists of a Prime
Minister, who is Head of Government,
and a President, who is Head of State.
There are three branches to
Singapore’s government.
Parliament, or the Legislature,
makes laws. Executive branch
enforces laws. The Judicial
branch interprets the laws.

MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT
Prime Minister Cabinet
The Prime Minister is the leader of The President appoints the Cabinet
the political members, with the help of the Prime
party who Minister. The Prime Minister then
has most leads the cabinet in carrying out the
seats in functions of government and taking
Parliament. care of everyday responsibilities of
They are the state.
asked by the
president to Leader of the House
take the position. Each Parliamentary
rule gets 3 years. The current Prime The Leader of the House is appointed by
Minister is Mr. Lee Hsien Loong. the Prime Minister and is responsible for
making sure all government business is
in order for meetings. They propose
actions to be taken by the government
and even oversee parts of meetings, like
President how long they go and who says what. The
current Leader of the House is Ms. Grace
The role of the president is to oversee
Fu Hai Yien.
all state functions and help enforce
the laws. They are required to
appoint a Prime Minister and the
Speaker of Parliament
members of The primary function of the Speaker of
the Cabinet. Parliament is ensuring all rules are
The current followed in Parliamentary meetings and
president is to enforce rules regarding debates. They
Halimah must remain unbiased and treat all
Yacob. Members of Parliament’s opinions
equally. The current Speaker of
Parliament is Mr. Tan Chuan-Jin.
TIMELINE
In 1867, Singapore became a
Crown Colony under British
rule and were governed by a
Colonial Constitution.
From 1942 to 1946, Japan
gained control over
Singapore, but quickly lost it
back to British control.
However, Singapore wanted
more say in the government.
In 1953, Sir George Rendel
was told to look into
constitutional reforms for
Singapore. This is how
Singapore got its start as a
ministerial government.
By 1956, Singapore gained
partial self-government. In
1958, Singapore became a
state and created its own
constitution, and achieved
full self-government in 1959