The People's Action Party is a major conservative political party in Singapore and is the contemporary governing political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition
Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore and one of the founders of the People's Action Party
The Sunday Times the day after the 1959 election, reporting on the results and the PAP's victory
A PAP election rally at Tampines Stadium in 2011
People's Action Party activists during the 2011 general election
The Parliament of Singapore is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Singapore, which governs the country alongside the President of Singapore. Based on the Westminster system, it consists of
Sir Stamford Raffles, who is widely regarded as the founder of modern Singapore
Major-General Sir Harry St. George Ord served from 1867 to 1873 as the first governor of the Straits Settlements following its transformation into a Crown colony.
Singapore's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, photographed in 2002