Government of Singapore 1704924 224291855 2008-07-08T05:07:53Z Rifleman 82 1255637 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/59.189.99.127|59.189.99.127]] ([[User talk:59.189.99.127|talk]]) to last version by Boweja [[Image:Singov_top_02.gif|right]] The '''Government of Singapore''' is formed by the [[political party]] which gains a simple majority in the general [[election]]s held in [[Singapore]] at least once every five years. It is part of [[Politics of Singapore|Singapore's political system]] and supported by the [[Singapore Civil Service]]. [[Transparency International]] ranked it 4th (of 179) in the world on the corruption perceptions index in 2007, with only 0.1 points behind the 3 nations tying for 1st place [http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2007]. This would indicate a very low overall domestic corruption. However, the government has received significant criticism for electoral intimidation [http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Rest+of+the+World&month=May2006&file=World_News200605244257.xml], and freedom of speech violations [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1753850,00.html]. The government of Singapore has been chosen by election since [[Singapore general election, 1959|1959 elections]], when Singapore achieved self-governance. Before then, the government was mainly either a colonial administration solely or a mixture of colonial rule and a partially-elected assembly, such as the [[Legislative Council of Singapore|Legislative Council]]. The [[People's Action Party]] has formed government in every election since 1959. ==List of government ministries== {{Politics_of_Singapore}} *[[Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (Singapore)|Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports]] (MCYS) *[[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Ministry of Defence]] (MINDEF) *[[Ministry of Education (Singapore)|Ministry of Education]] (MOE) *[[Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (Singapore)|Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources]] (MEWR) *[[Ministry of Finance (Singapore)|Ministry of Finance]] (MOF) *[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] (MFA) *[[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Ministry of Health]] (MOH) *[[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] (MHA) *[[Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts]] (MICA) *[[Ministry of Law (Singapore)|Ministry of Law]] (MinLaw) *[[Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)|Ministry of Manpower]] (MOM) *[[Ministry of National Development (Singapore)|Ministry of National Development]] (MND) *[[Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)|Ministry of Trade and Industry]] (MTI) *[[Ministry of Transport (Singapore)|Ministry of Transport]] (MOT) *[[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Prime Minister's Office]] (PMO) ==See also== *[[Organisations of the Singapore Government]] *[[Statutory boards of the Singapore Government]] ==External links== *[http://www.gov.sg/ Singapore Government Website] *[http://www.sgdi.gov.sg/ Singapore Government Directory] [[Category:Executive branches of government|Singapore]] [[Category:Government of Singapore| ]] [[Category:Ministries of the Singapore Government| ]] [[Category:Singapore-related lists|Government]] [[Category:1819 establishments]] {{singapore-stub}} [[ms:Kerajaan Singapura]]