When did Tony Tan resign from all of his positions to run for president?
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Tony Tan Keng Yam, who served as the sixth president of Singapore from 2011 to 2017, resigned from all his positions in the government in 2010 in order to run for president. He was elected president on August 27, 2011, and took office on September 1, 2011. Tan is a former surgeon and senior civil servant.
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