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He served in politics for 22 years before resigning to contest in the Presidential Election. He last served in government as Senior Minister. He has been committed through his years to building economic resilience and a more inclusive social compact. On the latter, he has been especially engaged in sustaining social mobility, improving jobs for lower-income workers, and making life-long learning a reality for all.

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Mr Tharman has led several international councils focused especially on global financial reforms, preparedness for future pandemics, education, and global water sustainability. He currently chairs the board of the Group of Thirty, an independent global council of economic and financial leaders from the public and private sectors. As a keen observer of Muslim development in multi-cultural societies, he was deeply involved in the Singapore Muslim Identity project, conceptualising, developing, writing and presenting seminars about the issue of identity of a minority Muslim community in a secular, multi-religious and culturally diverse society.

He was involved in the research on Islam and its relations with other religions and the Religious Other. Regionally, he has been instrumental to start-up efforts to promote inter-religious relations. Ambassador Alami started his career as a civil engineer in the Ministry of Environment in He has described both leaders as his master teachers.