| 2nd Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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Composition at the start of the 2nd Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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| Legislative body | Parliament of Singapore | ||||
| Meeting place | Old Parliament House | ||||
| Term | 6 May 1968 – 16 August 1972 | ||||
| Election | 13 April 1968 | ||||
| Government | People's Action Party | ||||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||||
| Members | 58 | ||||
| Speaker | Punch Coomaraswamy (until 1970) Yeoh Ghim Seng (from 1970) | ||||
| Leader of the House | Edmund W. Barker | ||||
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||
| Party control | PAP supermajority | ||||
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The 2nd Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 6 May 1968 and was prorogued on 14 April 1971. It commenced its second session on 21 July 1971 and was dissolved on 16 August 1972.[1]
The members of the 2nd Parliament were elected in the 1968 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. During the first session, Punch Coomaraswamy handed over the speakership to Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng.[2]