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Government

The country has a parliamentary form of government, with a popularly elected president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government. There is an 90-seat unicameral parliament; 84 members are popularly elected, and 6 appointed. The supreme court, the nation's highest judicial body, has seven members. The People's Action party (PAP) is the most important of Singapore's numerous political parties; it has been in power since 1959, and in 2001 55 of its parliamentary candidates were elected unopposed.

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