Party_Whip_of_the_People's_Action_Party

Party Whip of the People's Action Party

Party Whip of the People's Action Party

Position within the People's Action Party of Singapore

The party whip of the People's Action Party is responsible for ensuring that the People's Action Party (PAP) Members of Parliament (MPs) attend and vote according to the party's line. The party whip also assists the Parliament in completing its business by listing the speaking MPs and the time required for each item of business.[1] The incumbent party whip is Janil Puthucheary, who was appointed on 6 June 2019.

Quick Facts Party Whip of the People's Action Party, Appointer ...

The party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) will appoint the party whip along with two deputy party whips.

List of party whips

More information Name (Birth–Death), Took office ...

List of deputy party whips

More information Name (Birth–Death), Took office ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Party Whip". Parliament of Singapore.
  2. [2]
    "SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, STATE OF SINGAPORE AS ON 1ST JULY, 1959" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore. 24 December 1959.
  3. [3]
    Sam, Jackie (17 October 1963). "S'PORE CABINET: A new Speaker to be elected". Straits Budget.
  4. [4]
    Gene, Ng Keng (18 December 2022). "Former PAP MP Chan Chee Seng dies, aged 90". The Straits Times. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. [5]
    "SECOND PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore.
  6. [6]
    "THIRD PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore.
  7. [7]
    "Dr Wong and Fong named ministers of state". The Straits Times. 28 April 1981.
  8. [8]
    "Boon Yang is new Whip in Parliament". Straits Times (Overseas ed). 26 November 1988.
  9. [9]
    Leong, Wee Keat (10 March 2007). "Change in the air at head of the House". TODAY.
  10. [10]
    Tan, Weizhen (1 June 2011). "New Leader of the House and Whip appointed". TODAY.
  11. [11]
    "PAP appoints new Party Whip". People's Action Party. 6 June 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Dhanabalan to become new house leader". Business Times. 24 January 1985.
  13. [13]
    "Eugene Yap takes over as Deputy Whip". The Straits Times. 29 January 1987.
  14. [14]
    "Ong is second Deputy Whip". The Straits Times. 30 April 1994.
  15. [15]
    "NINTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore. 1 November 1997.
  16. [16]
    "TENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE: SECOND SESSION 2005" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore.
  17. [17]
    "ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE (SECOND SESSION)" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore.
  18. [18]
    "TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE (SECOND SESSION)" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore.
  19. [19]
    "PAP appoints new Party Whip". People's Action Party. 6 June 2019.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Party_Whip_of_the_People's_Action_Party, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.