On Wednesday morning, September 13, the chairman of the election commission, En Wye Chun, after checking all the documents submitted by her staff, announced the results of the election. Before that, she was the Speaker of Parliament.

According to local media, thus 63-year-old Jakob became the first woman - the president of the country. At that, for the first time in 47 years, the presidents were the representative of the Malay community.

Recall that the power of the president in Singapore is limited, and the country is actually headed by the prime minister. The head of state can use the right of veto when considering the draft budget, appointments to the government, requests for pardon of convicted criminals, and also is the custodian of gold and foreign exchange reserves.

Government decisions are rarely challenged, and the main role of the president in Singapore is to consider petitions for clemency of prisoners sentenced to death.

As reported by URA-Inform, Singapore's President Tony Tan officially resigned on August 31 after six years in office.