What type of government does Singapore have?

What type of government does Singapore have?

The government of Singapore is based on the British system of parliamentary government with shared powers. There are fifty-five parliamentary constituencies in Singapore which vote to put a representative in Parliament. The government is headed by a prime minister who leads a cabinet of ministers of state selected from the ranks of the members of Parliament. The constitutional head of state was the president, who occupied a largely powerless and ceremonial role.

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