| 8th Parliament of Singapore | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Parliament of Singapore | ||||
| Meeting place | Old Parliament House | ||||
| Term | 6 January 1992 – 16 December 1996 | ||||
| Election | 31 August 1991 | ||||
| Government | People's Action Party | ||||
| Opposition | Workers' Party Singapore Democratic Party | ||||
| Parliament of Singapore | |||||
| Members | 81 | ||||
| Speaker | Tan Soo Khoon | ||||
| Leader of the House | Wong Kan Seng | ||||
| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Chiam See Tong (until 1993) Ling How Doong (from 1993) | ||||
| Party control | PAP supermajority | ||||
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The 8th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 6 January 1992 and was prorogued on 6 December 1993. It commenced its second session on 10 January 1994 and was dissolved on 16 December 1996.[1]
The members of the 8th Parliament were elected in the 1991 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his cabinet. The Speaker was Tan Soo Khoon.[2] The de facto Leader of the Opposition was Chiam See Tong until he resigned as secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party on 17 May 1993,[3] and was replaced by Ling How Doong, chairman of his party.