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1. Tharman

   Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Tamil: தர்மன் சண்முகரத்தினம்; born 25 February 1957) is a Singaporean politician and economist who has served as Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister between 2011 and 2019, and as Senior Minister in the Cabinet since 2019. He has also been the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies since 2015 and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore since 2011. He previously held the roles of Minister for Education from 2003 and 2008, Minister for Finance from 2007 and 2015, and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies from 2015 to 2019. A member of Singapore's governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Taman Jurong division of Jurong GRC since 2001. He has also been serving as Deputy Chairman of GIC.An economist by profession, Tharman has worked in both the public and private sectors, both domestically and abroad. He has spent most of his working life in public service, in roles principally related to economic and social policies. Tharman chairs the board of the Group of Thirty, a global council of economic and financial leaders from the public and private sectors and academia. He also co-chairs the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, whose recommendations will be considered in the UN Water Conference in 2023 (the first since 1977). He is in addition a member of the United Nations' High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism, that will make recommendations on Effective Multilateralism for the UN's 2024 Summit of the Future. Tharman co-chaired the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Global Financing for Pandemic Preparedness and Response alongside fellow economists Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Lawrence Summers in 2021. He previously led the G20 Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance. He also chaired the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the International Monetary Fund's key policy forum, for four years, becoming the first Asian chair. In addition, he currently co-chairs the Advisory Board for the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Human Development Report (HDR), and is a member of the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Board of Trustees. He also co-chairs the Global Education Forum. Tharman made his political debut in the 2001 general election, and has been re-elected to Parliament four times at subsequent general elections in 2006, 2011, 2015 and 2020.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tharman in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tharman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Tharman in a Sentence

1. Catherine Lim:

   People would like to see Tharman around to set the tone for a new PAP leadership, it's time now for a completely different one, and the only person whom I can think of to set that tone convincingly and who can appeal to Singaporeans across ethnic groups would be Mr Tharman.

2. Eugene Tan:

   However, if it is assessed that a transitional prime minister is needed while the fourth generation is ready to take over, then ... Tharman is well-positioned to step up.

3. Catherine Lim:

   It's time now for a completely different one, and the only person whom I can think of to set that tone convincingly and who can appeal to Singaporeans across ethnic groups would be Mr Tharman.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tharman