8th Parliament of Singapore
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(4 years, 11 months and 10 days)
| 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 (4 years, 11 months and 10 days) | ||||
| 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.
At roughly five years, this term had the longest tenure in Singapore history. With Ng Kah Ting's departure, Lee Kuan Yew became the last MP from the inaugural Parliament to remain in Parliament; he would eventually die in office in 2015.
- Speaker: Tan Soo Khoon (PAP)
- Deputy Speaker:
- Abdullah Tarmugi (PAP), until 30 June 1993
- Eugene Yap Giau Cheng (PAP), from 26 February 1993
- Deputy Speaker:
- Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong (PAP)
- Deputy Prime Minister:
- Lee Hsien Loong (PAP)
- Ong Teng Cheong (PAP), until 1 September 1993
- Tony Tan (PAP), from 1 August 1995
- Deputy Prime Minister:
- Leader of the Opposition:
- Chiam See Tong (SDP), until 17 May 1993
- Ling How Doong (SDP), from 17 May 1993
- Leader of the House: Wong Kan Seng (PAP)
- Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Lee Boon Yang
- Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party:
- Ho Kah Leong
- Ong Chit Chung, from 30 April 1994
- Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party:
Composition
| Party | Members | ||
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| At election | At dissolution | ||
| People's Action Party | 77 | 75 | |
| Singapore Democratic Party | 3 | 3 | |
| Workers' Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Nominated Members of Parliament | 0 | 6 | |
| Vacant seats | 6 | 2 | |
| Total | 87 | 87 | |
| Government majority | 73 | 71 | |
