11th Parliament of Singapore
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| Legislative body | Parliament of Singapore | ||||
| Meeting place | Parliament House | ||||
| Term | 2 November 2006 – 19 April 2011 (4 years, 5 months and 17 days) | ||||
| Election | 6 May 2006 | ||||
| Government | People's Action Party | ||||
| Opposition | Workers' Party Singapore Democratic Alliance | ||||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||||
| Members | 94 | ||||
| Speaker | Abdullah Tarmugi | ||||
| Leader of the House | Wong Kan Seng (until 2007) Mah Bow Tan (from 2007) | ||||
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Low Thia Khiang | ||||
| Party control | PAP supermajority | ||||
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The 11th Parliament of Singapore was the previous Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 2 November 2006 and was prorogued on 13 April 2009. The second session commence from 18 May 2009 and was dissolved on 19 April 2011, with the final sitting held on 11 April.[1] The membership was set by the 2006 Singapore General Election on 7 May 2006, and it has changed twice due to the deaths of Jurong GRC MP Dr Ong Chit Chung in 2008, and Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Balaji Sadasivan who was also the Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
The 11th 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 7 May 2006. The Opposition is led by the Secretary General of the Workers' Party, Low Thia Kiang. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is Abdullah bin Tarmugi of the People's Action Party, who was re-elected for the 11th Parliament on 2 November 2006.
Officeholders
Speakers
- Speaker: Abdullah Tarmugi (PAP)
- Deputy Speaker:
- Indranee Rajah (PAP), from 8 November 2006
- Matthias Yao (PAP), from 8 November 2006
Leaders
House Leaders
- Leader of the House:
- Wong Kan Seng (PAP), until 31 March 2007
- Mah Bow Tan (PAP), from 1 April 2007
- Deputy Leader of the House:
- Mah Bow Tan (PAP), until 31 March 2007
- Ng Eng Hen (PAP), from 1 April 2007
Whips
- Party Whip of the People's Action Party:
- Lee Boon Yang, until 31 March 2007
- Lim Swee Say, from 1 April 2007
- Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party:
- Inderjit Singh
- Lim Swee Say, until 30 May 2007
- Amy Khor, from 1 April 2007
Composition
| Political party | Members | ||
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| At election | At dissolution | ||
| People's Action Party | 82 | 80 | |
| Workers' Party | 2[a] | 2[a] | |
| Singapore Democratic Alliance | 1 | 0 | |
| Singapore People's Party | 0 | 1 | |
| Nominated Members of Parliament | 0 | 9 | |
| Vacant seats | 9 | 2 | |
| Total | 94 | 94 | |
| Government majority | 80 | 78 | |
Members
Notes
- ^ a b Includes one Non-constituency Member of Parliament.
- ^ Balaji Sadasivan died on 27 September 2010.
- ^ Ong Chit Chung died on 14 July 2008.
- ^ Chiam See Tong was a member of the Singapore People's Party, which belonged to the Singapore Democratic Alliance until 2 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i From 18 January 2007 to 17 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i From 18 July 2009.
References
- ^ "Sessions of Parliament". Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
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The party affiliation of each member is indicated right after the constituency he or she represents. PAP: People's Action Party; SDA: Singapore Democratic Alliance; WP: The Workers' Party NMPs do not belong to any party. There were two terms of NMPs in this parliament, with nine NMPs in each term. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||