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- She does not speak Japanese. Despite her Japanese name, Ittogi does not speak Japanese, said Tharman: "... when we go to hawker centres in other parts of the island, someone will occasionally come up to her to practise their Japanese: O genki desu ka?
- Lived in Singapore since she was three. Ittogi is one of four children born to a Japanese father and a Singaporean Chinese mother. She has lived in Singapore since she was three.
- Lawyer by training. The pair met in the London School of Economics. She had just completed her Masters of Law, while Tharman was about to embark on his Bachelor of Science in Economics.
Tharman, 66, revealed that he never actually proposed to Ittogi. "There was no formal proposal, we just sort of constantly discussed [marriage] over the years, and realised, 'yeah okay'", he said.
- PERSONAL LIFE. Mr Tharman is married to Jane Yumiko Ittogi, who is a lawyer by training and of Chinese-Japanese descent. They have a daughter and three sons.
- EDUCATION. Mr Tharman attended the Anglo-Chinese School before graduating from the London School of Economics (LSE) with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics.
- ENTRY INTO POLITICS. An economist by professional background, Mr Tharman was first elected Member of Parliament in November 2001 in Jurong GRC, after the PAP team secured 79.75 per cent of the votes.
- OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT CASE. In 1992, while serving as director of the Economics Department of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Mr Tharman was one of five people charged under the Official Secrets Act after the growth rate for Singapore’s economy in the second quarter of that year was published in the Business Times before it was revealed officially.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam (born 25 February 1957), also known mononymously as Tharman, is a Singaporean politician and economist who has been serving as the ninth president of Singapore since 2023.
Aug 27, 2023 · In an exclusive interview with Mothership, signalling the halfway mark of his presidential campaign, Tharman shared that he and his wife are "partners in life in every sense". "She's always been...
Sep 2, 2023 · Jane Yumiko Ittogi and Tharman Shanmugaratnam are in a marital relationship for 33 years, and they have four children together.
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore’s President in September 2023. He served in politics for 22 years before resigning to contest in the Presidential Election; the President, as Head of State, holds a non-partisan office in Singapore’s system of governance.
