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People's Action Party (Solomon Islands)
The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major conservative political party in Singapore and is the governing contemporary political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition Workers' Party (WP). The PAP was established in 1954 as a conventional centre-left party. Following its initial electoral success in 1959, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew sought to reposition the party ideologically toward the centre. In pursuit of this objective, he expelled the party's leftist faction in 1961, during the period of Singapore's merger with Malaysia. Over the course of the 1960s and since then, the PAP continued its ideological shift towards the centre-right. After Singapore's separation from Malaysia and subsequent independence in 1965, the majority of opposition parties, excluding the WP, boycotted the 1968 general election. Consequently, the PAP secured all parliamentary seats in that election. In the ensuing decades, the PAP consolidated its political domin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Lee (Singaporean Politician)
Desmond Lee Ti-Seng ( zh, s=李智陞, p=Lǐ Zhìshēng; born 15 July 1976) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Ministry of Education (Singapore), Minister for Education since 2025 and Ministry of Social and Family Development, Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the 14th Parliament of Singapore, Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Boon Lay-West Coast division of West Coast–Jurong West Group Representation Constituency, West Coast–Jurong West GRC since 2025, and previously the Boon Lay division of West Coast Group Representation Constituency, West Coast GRC from 2020 to 2025, and the Jurong Spring division of Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC) from 2011 to 2020. A lawyer by profession, Lee had worked at various public-sector institutions, including the Supreme Court of Singapore, Supreme Court, Attorney-General of Singapore, Attorney-General's C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
