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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