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NMP is the abbreviation of '''Nominated Member of Parliament'''. An NMP is a non-elected Member (of Parliament) appointed by the President for a term of 2.5 years. The NMP's term does not follow the Parliament term, which averages 5 years per term. Nominees can be proposed by the general public as well as the 7 Functional Groups. 

The 7 Functional Groups are currently represented by the following organizations:
* Business and Industry as represented by the Singapore Business Federation 
* Labour as represented by the [[National Trades Union Congress]] ([[#NTUC |NTUC]])
* Professions as represented by the Academy of Medicine
* Social Service Organisations as represented by the National Council of Social Service
* Civic and People Sector as represented by the People's Association
* Tertiary Education Institutions as represented by the National University of Singapore (NUS)
* Media, Arts and Sports Organisations as represented by the National Arts Council

* See also [[Member of Parliament]] and [[Non-Constituency Member of Parliament]].