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11th Parliament of Singapore

Singaporean parliamentary meeting

Singaporean parliamentary meeting

FieldValue
name11th Parliament of Singapore
imageSeating_plan_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Singapore.svg
image_size400px
captionSeating arrangement of the 11th Parliament of Singapore
bodyParliament of Singapore
meeting_placeParliament House
election6 May 2006
governmentPeople's Action Party
oppositionWorkers' Party
Singapore Democratic Alliance
term_start2 November 2006
term_end19 April 2011
()
before10th
after12th
chamber1Parliament of Singapore
chamber1_image{{Parliament diagram
background#F8F9FA
n182p1 = People's Action Party
n22p2 = Workers' Party (Singapore)
n31p3 = Singapore Democratic Alliance
n49c4 = gray
membership194
control1PAP supermajority
chamber1_leader1_typeSpeaker
chamber1_leader1Abdullah Tarmugi
chamber1_leader2_typeLeader of the House
chamber1_leader2Wong Kan Seng (until 2007)
Mah Bow Tan (from 2007)
chamber1_leader3_typePrime Minister
chamber1_leader3Lee Hsien Loong
chamber1_leader4_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader4Low Thia Khiang
session1_start2 November 2006
session1_end13 April 2009
()
session2_start18 May 2009
session2_end19 April 2011
()
box_width400px

Singapore Democratic Alliance

() Mah Bow Tan (from 2007) () ()

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. 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

  • Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong (PAP)
  • Leader of the Opposition: Low Thia Khiang (WP)

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 partyMembersAt electionAt dissolution
People's Action Party8280
Workers' Party2'''2{{Efn
Singapore Democratic Alliance10
Singapore People's Party01
Nominated Members of Parliament09
Vacant seats92
Total9494
Government majority8078

Members

ConstituencyDivisionMemberParty
Aljunied GRCAljunied–HougangYeo Guat Kwang
Bedok Reservoir–PunggolGeorge YeoPeople's Action Party
EunosZainul AbidinPeople's Action Party
Paya LebarCynthia PhuaPeople's Action Party
SerangoonLim Hwee HuaPeople's Action Party
Ang Mo Kio GRCCheng San–SeletarBalaji Sadasivan
Jalan KayuWee Siew KimPeople's Action Party
Kebun BaruInderjit SinghPeople's Action Party
Nee Soon SouthLee Bee WahPeople's Action Party
Sengkang WestLam Pin MinPeople's Action Party
Teck GheeLee Hsien LoongPeople's Action Party
Bishan–Toa Payoh GRCBishan EastWong Kan Seng
Bishan NorthZainudin NordinPeople's Action Party
ThomsonLeong Horn KeePeople's Action Party
Toa Payoh CentralNg Eng HenPeople's Action Party
Toa Payoh EastDavinder SinghPeople's Action Party
Bukit Panjang SMCTeo Ho PinPeople's Action Party
East Coast GRCBedokS. Jayakumar
Changi–SimeiJessica TanPeople's Action Party
FengshanRaymond LimPeople's Action Party
Kampong Chai CheeLee Yi ShyanPeople's Action Party
SiglapAbdullah TarmugiPeople's Action Party
Holland–Bukit Timah GRCBukit TimahYu-Foo Yee Shoon
Buona VistaLim Swee SayPeople's Action Party
CashewVivian BalakrishnanPeople's Action Party
Ulu PandanChristopher de SouzaPeople's Action Party
ZhenghuaGan Kim YongPeople's Action Party
Hong Kah GRCBukit GombakAng Mong Seng
Hong Kah NorthAmy KhorPeople's Action Party
Keat HongZaqy MohamadPeople's Action Party
NanyangAlvin YeoPeople's Action Party
Yew TeeYeo Cheow TongPeople's Action Party
Hougang SMCLow Thia KhiangWorkers' Party
Jalan Besar GRCJalan BesarLee Boon Yang
Kampong GlamDenise PhuaPeople's Action Party
Kolam AyerYaacob IbrahimPeople's Action Party
Kreta Ayer–Kim SengLily NeoPeople's Action Party
WhampoaHeng Chee HowPeople's Action Party
Joo Chiat SMCChan Soo SenPeople's Action Party
Jurong GRCBukit BatokOng Chit Chung
Bukit Batok EastHalimah YacobPeople's Action Party
Jurong CentralLim Boon HengPeople's Action Party
Taman JurongTharman ShanmugaratnamPeople's Action Party
YuhuaGrace FuPeople's Action Party
MacPherson SMCMatthias YaoPeople's Action Party
Marine Parade GRCBraddell HeightsSeah Kian Peng
Geylang SeraiFatimah LateefPeople's Action Party
Kaki BukitMuhammad Faishal IbrahimPeople's Action Party
Kampong Ubi–KembanganOng Seh HongPeople's Action Party
Marine ParadeGoh Chok TongPeople's Action Party
MountbattenLim Biow ChuanPeople's Action Party
Nee Soon Central SMCOng Ah HengPeople's Action Party
Nee Soon East SMCHo Peng KeePeople's Action Party
Pasir Ris–Punggol GRCPasir Ris EastAhmad Magad
Pasir Ris WestTeo Chee HeanPeople's Action Party
Punggol CentralCharles ChongPeople's Action Party
Punggol EastMichael PalmerPeople's Action Party
Punggol NorthPenny LowPeople's Action Party
Punggol SouthTeo Ser LuckPeople's Action Party
Potong Pasir SMCChiam See TongSingapore Democratic Alliance
Sembawang GRCAdmiraltyMaliki Osman
CanberraLim Wee KiakPeople's Action Party
Chong PangK. ShanmugamPeople's Action Party
MarsilingHawazi DaipiPeople's Action Party
SembawangKhaw Boon WanPeople's Action Party
WoodlandsEllen LeePeople's Action Party
Tampines GRCTampines CentralSin Boon Ann
Tampines ChangkatIrene NgPeople's Action Party
Tampines EastMah Bow TanPeople's Action Party
Tampines NorthOng Kian MinPeople's Action Party
Tampines WestMasagos ZulkifliPeople's Action Party
Tanjong Pagar GRCMoulmeinLui Tuck Yew
QueenstownBaey Yam KengPeople's Action Party
Radin MasSam TanPeople's Action Party
Tanglin–CairnhillIndranee RajahPeople's Action Party
Tanjong PagarLee Kuan YewPeople's Action Party
Tiong BahruKoo Tsai KeePeople's Action Party
West Coast GRCBoon LayHo Geok Choo
ClementiArthur FongPeople's Action Party
PioneerCedric FooPeople's Action Party
Telok BlangahLim Hng KiangPeople's Action Party
West Coast–Ayer RajahS. IswaranPeople's Action Party
Yio Chu Kang SMCSeng Han ThongPeople's Action Party
Non-constituency Member of ParliamentSylvia LimWorkers' Party
Nominated Members of ParliamentGautam BanerjeeNonpartisan
Cham Hui FongNonpartisan
Calvin ChengNonpartisan
Edwin KhewNonpartisan
Terry LeeNonpartisan
Loo Choon YongNonpartisan
Kalyani MehtaNonpartisan
Eunice OlsenNonpartisan
Jessie PhuaNonpartisan
Siew Kum HongNonpartisan
Paulin Tay StraughanNonpartisan
Mildred TanNonpartisan
Teo Siong SengNonpartisan
Thio Li-annNonpartisan
Viswa SadasivanNonpartisan
Laurence WeeNonpartisan
Audrey WongNonpartisan
Joscelin YeoNonpartisan

Notes

References

References

  1. "Sessions of Parliament".
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