13th Parliament of Singapore

13th Parliament of Singapore
Majority parliament
15 January 2016 – 23 June 2020
House
Seating arrangements of the House
Speaker of Parliament
Prime
Minister
Leader
of the
Opposition
Session(s)
1st Session
15 January 2016 – 3 April 2018[1]
2nd Session
7 May 2018[2] – 23 June 2020
Cabinet(s)
13th Cabinet
Lee Hsien Loong
1 October 2015 – 23 June 2020
Parliamentarians
ElectedNCMPNominated
8839
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The 13th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 15 January 2016 and was dissolved on 23 June 2020.[3][4][5] The membership was set by the 2015 Singapore General Election on 11 September 2015, and changed twice throughout the term; one was the resignation of Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency MP David Ong in 2016, and the resignation of Marsiling–Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency MP and Speaker Halimah Yacob in 2017.

The 13th 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 1 October 2015. The Opposition is led by the Secretary General of the Workers' Party, Pritam Singh. Tan Chuan-Jin, of the People's Action Party, is the Speaker of Parliament as of 11 September 2017. He succeeds Yacob, who resigned as Speaker to contest in the Presidential Elections 2017. Yacob was previously elected as the 9th Speaker of the House during the 12th Parliament on 14 January 2013. It also was the first parliament where only two parties represent the parliament for a full duration of term, and the third time where the situation occurred, following J. B. Jeyaretnam's by-election win in 1981 until 1984, and his vacation of his seat in 1986 until 1988.

  1. ^ "Parliament takes a mid-term break, to reconvene on May 7". CNA.
  2. ^ "President's Address on Monday night to set out Government's priorities and plans". The Straits Times. 7 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Sessions of Parliament". Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  4. ^ "First session of 13th Parliament to be held on Jan 15 next year". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Dissolution of Parliament on 23 June 2020 | Prime Minister's Office Singapore". www.pmo.gov.sg. Retrieved 22 June 2020.