SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has issued the Writ of Election for Presidential Election 2023 that will see Polling Day on September 1.

Nomination Day is on August 22, said the republic’s Election Department in a statement issued in Singapore Friday.

To date, four people have stated their intention namely Former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, founder of Harvey Norman Ossia George Goh, former GIC chief investment officer Ng Kok Song and former presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian.

President Halimah Yacob, who took office in 2017, will not be running for a second term as head of state in the upcoming election.

Her term expires on September 13.

Halimah, 68, is the 8th president of Singapore and the first women to serve as president. – Bernama, August 11, 2023.