People’s Action Party

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political party

The People’s Action Party is Singapore’s long-ruling dominant political party, known for its technocratic governance, economic pragmatism, and central role in the country’s development since independence.

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People's Action Party	5

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political party ⓘ
country	Singapore ⓘ
dominantIn	Singapore politics ⓘ
electoralSystemContext	dominant-party system ⓘ
foundedIn	Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	Fong Swee Suan NERFINISHED ⓘ Goh Keng Swee NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Kuan Yew NERFINISHED ⓘ Lim Chin Siong NERFINISHED ⓘ Ong Eng Guan NERFINISHED ⓘ S. Rajaratnam NERFINISHED ⓘ Toh Chin Chye NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingDate	1954-11-21 ⓘ
governsLevel	national government ⓘ
hasChairman	Khaw Boon Wan NERFINISHED ⓘ Toh Chin Chye NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Tan Keng Yam NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGoverned	Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSecretaryGeneral	Goh Chok Tong NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Hsien Loong NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Kuan Yew NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquarters	New Upper Changi Road, Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	centre-right politics ⓘ communitarianism ⓘ economic pragmatism ⓘ social democracy (early years) ⓘ technocratic governance ⓘ
inGovernmentSince	1959 ⓘ
knownFor	anti-corruption stance ⓘ emphasis on meritocracy ⓘ long-term one-party dominance ⓘ multiracialism policy ⓘ pro-business policies ⓘ public housing policies ⓘ strict law-and-order policies ⓘ strong party discipline ⓘ
parliamentaryStatus	supermajority in Parliament for decades ⓘ
partyColour	white ⓘ
partyNewspaper	Petir ⓘ
partySymbol	red lightning bolt in a blue circle ⓘ
politicalPosition	centre-right ⓘ
region	Southeast Asia ⓘ
roleInHistory	central role in Singapore’s economic development ⓘ led Singapore to independence ⓘ led Singapore to self-government ⓘ
shortName	PAP NERFINISHED ⓘ
slogan	Action for the People ⓘ
womenWing	Women’s Wing of the PAP NERFINISHED ⓘ
youthWing	Young PAP NERFINISHED ⓘ