Tharman Shanmugaratnam was sworn in as the President of Singapore on 14 September 2023 after a landslide vote of 70.41 per cent.

The former Senior Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for Social Policies was also the Deputy Prime Minister for eight years. His other past political appointments also include Co-ordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Minister for Finance, and Minister for Education.

Shanmugaratnam is a senior board member of various government bodies and institutions. He chairs the National Jobs Council and is concurrently the chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, in addition to being deputy chairman of state investment fund GIC. He also chairs the Economic Development Board’s International Advisory Council, the board of trustees of the Singapore Indian Development Association and the Ong Teng Cheong Labour Leadership Institute.  

On a global level, he chairs the Group of Thirty, an international council of economic and financial leaders from the public and private sectors, and co-chairs the Global Education Forum and the G20 High Level Independent Panel on global financing for pandemic preparedness and response.

Shanmugaratnam is married, and has a daughter and three sons.