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1999 Singaporean presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Singapore
type	presidential
previous_election	1993 Singaporean presidential election
previous_year	1993
next_election	2005 Singaporean presidential election
next_year	2005
election_date	18 August 1999
registered	1,967,984 ( 12.04%)
image1	President of Singapore SR Nathan.jpg
nominee1	Sellapan Ramanathan
party1	Independent politician
popular_vote1	*Unopposed*
title	President
before_election	Ong Teng Cheong
after_election	Sellapan Ramanathan
before_party	Independent politician
after_party	Independent politician

Presidential elections were scheduled to be held in Singapore on 18 August 1999. Incumbent president Ong Teng Cheong, who had been elected in 1993, did not seek re-election. The Presidential Elections Committee declared Sellapan Ramanathan to be the only eligible presidential candidate to be issued a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) as per the eligibility requirements.

S.R. Nathan previously served as Singapore's Ambassador to the United States from 1990 to 1996 and was elected in an uncontested election due to the lack of eligible candidates. He was sworn in as the sixth President of Singapore on 1 September 1999. As of , Nathan was also the first (and to date, the only) President-elect without any direct affiliation to any political party or a prior record of political experience.

Candidates

Eligible

Candidates	Background	Outcome	Application for the Certificate of Eligibility Accepted.
S. R. Nathan	Seconded to the National Trades Union Congress, and then worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs. He was the Ambassador-at-large of Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies.

Declared Ineligible

Candidates	Background	Outcome	Application for the Certificate of Eligibility rejected.
Ooi Boon Ewe	A member of the People's Liberal Democratic Party. He submitted eligibility forms to the Elections Department but was declared ineligible.
Tan Soo Phuan	The Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party. He submitted eligibility forms to the Elections Department but was declared ineligible.

Declined to be candidate

Candidates	Background
Ong Teng Cheong	The incumbent and fifth president of Singapore, he decided not to seek re-election for a second term.

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