18 July 2002, Singapore), a Cantonese, was a former ... Temenggung Abdul Rahman (d. 8 December 1825, Singapore), also known as Dato’ Temenggung Seri Maharaja Abdul Rahman or ... Wee Kim Wee (Dr) (b. Subsequently, he held the Communications, Culture and Labour portfolios. (2017, September 15). On 22 December 1965, the Constitution Amendment Act was passed under which the Head of State became the President and the State of Singapore became the Republic of Singapore. Singapore: Singapore Resource Library: National Library Board, p. 49. But the task was not easy because long periods of colonialism had produced Dr Wee served on six statutory boards: Rent Control Board; Film Appeal Committee; Land Acquisition Board; Board of Visiting Justices; National Theatre Trust; and Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. Presidents since 1965 Timeline created by wsouthworth. Singh, S. (1986). While in school, Encik Yusof joined in practically all forms of sport played by boys. 29 June 1944, Perak, Malaya) was a prominent ... Suppiah Dhanabalan (b. VIPs to witness historic swearing-in of new PM. 9. In February 1966, Mr Nathan was transferred to the Foreign Ministry. In August 2003, Dr Tan was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for Security and Defence. Dr Tan started his career as a lecturer with the Physics Department of the University of Singapore in 1964, after obtaining his Master of Science degree. Mr Nathan was conferred the Public Service Star in 1964, the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1967, and the Meritorious Service Medal in 1974. The title of Prime Minister did not change after Singapore merged with the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak and British North Borneo, while Singapore was a state in the Federation of Malaysia from 1963 to 1965, and after independence in 1965. He played badminton, table tennis, basketball and soccer. 23 September 1986 ), or William A. The president of Singapore appoints as Prime Minister a member of Parliament (MP) who, in his or her opinion, is most likely to command the confidence of a majority of MPs. The New Paper, pp. He was Chairman of Mitsubishi Singapore Heavy Industries – a ship-repairing and engineering joint-venture with the Mitsubishi Group of Japan – from 1973 to 1986. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia Numismatic Society, p. 284. Except for three and a half years during the Japanese occupation of Singapore and ten and a half years as High Commissioner to Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur and Ambassador to Japan and the Republic of Korea in Tokyo, Dr Wee has worked in the news media. The Presidential Crest is used on state crockery, gifts and stationery related to the President. He passed away on 7 December 2005. (1985, September 3). On 9 August 1965, when Singapore ceased to be a state in the Federation of Malaysia and became an independent and sovereign State, Encik Yusof became the first President of the Republic of Singapore. The encyclopaedia of the coins of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei 1400–1986. Independent Singapore was admitted to the United Nations on 21 September 1965, and became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations on 15 October 1965. He was appointed Chairman of NTUC Investment and Cooperative Committee in 1979 and served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of NTUC Income from 1980 to 1991. The Straits Times, p. 1; Gan, L. K. (2011, August 31). Mulliner, K., & The-Mulliner, L. (1991). Singh, S. (1986). (1993, September 2). More than a successful book, it triggered a revolution in the way history is told, displacing the official versions with their emphasis on great men in high places to chronicle … SINGAPORE - Amid increased spending and an unprecedented four budgets totalling $92.9 billion this year, Singapore expects to record its biggest deficit since the country became independent in 1965.. 15 January 1962, London, England), more ... Lee Siew Choh (Dr) (b. In May of the same year, he moved to Kuala Lumpur to supervise the construction of the Utusan Building. : RSING 959.57003 MUL-[HIS])10. (Call no. In March 1948, while studying for the degree of Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, he was recalled to Singapore to act as Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Dr Tan was also part of the trade union movement. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia Numismatic Society, p. 450. The son of a former Public Works Department Technical Supervisor, he rose to become Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Malaya in Singapore, a holder of five degrees, and one of the most highly respected men in his field. They have four children (three sons and one daughter) and six grandchildren. Retrieved from NewspaperSG; President’s Office. (Call no. He later obtained a PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Adelaide. Subject She is first Malay head of state in 47 years since the death of Yusof Ishak, Singapore's first president.. Singapore has a parliamentary system of government. It is estimated that abound 400 people have been hanged since 1991. Thereafter commenced Singapore's struggle to survive and prosper on its own. In early 1970, he was also appointed to the Committee on Medical Specialisation. The president of Singapore appoints as Prime Minister a member of Parliament (MP) who, in his or her opinion, is most likely to command the confidence of a majority of MPs. Singh, S. (1986). See you, Mr President. 12 March 1908, Singapore–d. Between 1959 and 1965, Singapore’s head of state was known as the Yang di-Pertuan Negara (Malay for “Head of State”).The ... Tony Tan Keng Yam (Dr) (b. Although it has faced difficulties, including more race riots in 1969 and the East Asian financial crisis of 1997, it has proved overall a very stable and prosperous little nation. In 1969 with his term in the Malaysian Parliament over, he decided to return to Singapore to help modernise and expand the labour movement. In 1940, Dr Sheares was awarded the Queen's Fellowship to do a two-year postgraduate study in Britain, but he could not proceed owing to the outbreak of World War II. He was the moving spirit behind the 'Utusan Melayu' during the difficult period of Malayan independence. President to ask DPM Lee to form new govt. August Edit August 6 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that have been responsible for widespread disfranchisement of African Americans . In recognition of Mr Nair's achievements and his leadership of the labour movement, he was awarded the Public Service Star in 1963. Colonial administrators--Singapore He received his early education in St Patrick's School and St Joseph's Institution. (Call no. He was an outstanding student during his school career. On 3 July 1965, Encik Yusof became the Chancellor of the University of Singapore. The portraits of President Halimah and her spouse, Mr Mohamed Abdullah Alhabshee, are displayed in public buildings. Languages: More languages: Can't see your own? In February 1979, Mr Nathan returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and became its First Permanent Secretary until February 1982, when he left to become the Executive Chairman of the Straits Times Press (1975) Ltd. At various times from 1982 to 1988, Mr Nathan also held directorship of several other companies including the Singapore Mint Pte Ltd, The Straits Times Press (London) Ltd, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd and Marshall Cavendish Ltd. From October 1983 to January 1985, Dr Tan served as the Minister for Finance and concurrently as the Minister for Trade and Industry. A panel of experts share their views on how Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister, oversaw the economic transformation of the country after independence in 1965. Upon his retirement he became Honorary Consultant at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital, and retained close contact with the teaching of both undergraduate and postgraduate students. I have feedback on this infopedia article: Past and present leaders of Singapore, Resident and Commandant of Singapore (East India Company), 1819–1823, Resident of Singapore (East India Company), 1823–1826. As the most outstanding cadet of the School Cadet Corps, he became the first student ever in Singapore to have been commissioned by the then Governor as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Cadet Corps. Dr Sheares was born on 12 August 1907 in Singapore. Encik Yusof bin Ishak was married to Puan Noor Aishah and had a son and two daughters. (2017, September 15). Jan 20, 1969. Spanning over 40 ha, it is located along Orchard ... Gog Sing Hooi (b. The Straits Times, p. 1. The office of the President is one of Singapore's most heavily altered institutions, and it is still being re-made today. He was conferred the following awards: Dr Sheares and his wife had three children. Retrieved 2017, October 3 from The Istana website: http://www.istana.gov.sg/the-president/biography21. During most of the period of the Japanese Occupation (1942-1945), Encik Yusof remained in Malaya and on the capitulation of the Japanese Forces, he returned to Singapore on 3 September 1945, and immediately resumed publication of the 'Utusan Melayu'. He passed away on 23 November 1970. On 17 August 2005, Mr Nathan was re-elected and he was sworn-in for his second term of office on 1 September 2005. Dr Benjamin Henry Sheares was appointed as President of the Republic of Singapore on 2 January 1971. Mr Nair was married to Madam Avadai Dhanam and had three sons and a daughter. (1934, June 15). Dr Wee Kim Wee was appointed the President of the Republic of Singapore on 30 August 1985. Bastin, J. S. (2014). The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term by the American people through the Electoral College.The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.. At the Raffles Institution, he played hockey and cricket and took part in swimming, weight lifting, water-polo and boxing. In 1965, the Republic of Singapore became a fully self-governing, autonomous state. A State Visit to Ceylon also took place in May 1963. President Ong to work with govt to shape political system. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, p. 166. 10 October 1879, London, England–d. 1 November 1917, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya–d. In May 1947, Dr Sheares proceeded to London for postgraduate study, and in January 1948, was the first Singapore obstetrician to qualify as member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of England. He was elected on 27 August 2011, and was sworn in as the seventh President of the Republic of Singapore on 1 September 2011. 3 June 1906, Edinburgh, Scotland–d. (Call no. He began his six-year term from 1 September 1999. (1904, January 27). Toward a better future : education and training for economic development in Singapore since 1965 Back to Singapore page. Printer. He joined the King Edward VII College of Medicine in 1923, and qualified with the degree of L.M.S. 45, cols. The encyclopaedia of the coins of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei 1400–1986. Zuraidah Ibrahim. In 1965, on the day we became independent, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said Singapore is "not a Malay nation, not a Chinese nation, not an Indian nation. The Straits Times, p. 5. The Singapore Head of State paid a four-day State Visit with his wife Puan Noor Aishah to Cambodia in April 1963 and subsequently proceeded together in the same month to Mecca to perform the Haj, where they were the State Guests of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Politicians Wee sworn in as president. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20540-4730 Lyndon B. Johnson Aug 9, 1974. In 1972, Mr Ong was elected to Parliament and served as a Member of Parliament for 21 years. He had also been active in social services serving in various clubs and associations. (1984). The other editorial executives had moved to Kuala Lumpur. (1984). When Singapore became an independent nation on 9 August 1965, the seat of Head of State was renamed Office of the President and Yusof bin Ishak, Singapore’s first Malayan-born Yang di-Pertuan Negara appointed since 1959, became the first president of the Republic of Singapore. He also covered the official visits of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew to Indonesia and to several countries in Eastern Europe. Singh, S. (1986). Mulliner, K., & The-Mulliner, L. (1991). In 1951, Dr Sheares spent the remainder of the Queen's Fellowship due to him in several leading universities in the United States of America which concentrated on teaching post-graduate Obstetrics and Gynaecology and in research work in these subjects. Although Lee felt that the FCO had done a “first-rate job”, he rejected it upon further reflection. The encyclopaedia of the coins of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei 1400–1986. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia Numismatic Society, p. 450. 12 May 1981, Singapore) was the second president of the ... Chengara Veetil Devan Nair (b. He was a Malay of Sumatran descent and could trace his lineage on the paternal side to Minangkabau, and on the maternal side to Langkat. He served as Assistant Secretary and rose to be Deputy Secretary before being appointed Acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs in January 1971. Law and government>>Public administration>>Cabinet (Government Councils) William Farquhar’s life in the Far East: A chronology. In 1948, Encik Yusof visited Britain as a member of the First Press Delegation. : RSING 959.57003 MUL-[HIS])22. Please contact the Library for further reading materials on the topic. 1684—1686). His father, Encik Ishak bin Ahmad, was the Acting Director of Fisheries, Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. The portraits of President Halimah and her spouse, Mr Mohamed Abdullah Alhabshee, are displayed in public buildings. He served the full five-year term, founding the Democratic Action Party of Malaysia in the process. Dr Tan was elected as a Member of Parliament in 1979 and was appointed Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Education. Resident and Commandant of Singapore (East India Company), 1819–18236 Feb 1819–1 May 1823: William Farquhar1 Resident of Singapore (East India Company), 1823–18269 Jun 1823–14 Aug 1826: John Crawfurd2 Resident councillors (East India Company), 1826–1867315 Aug 1826–18 Nov 1827: John Prince29 Nov 1827–Dec 1833: Kenneth MurchisonDec 1833–1836: Samuel George Bonham4 Mar 1837–1856: Thomas Church1856–1859: Henry Somerset MacKenzie1860–1867: Ronald MacphersonGovernors of the Straits Settlements (under British India), 1826–1867427 Nov 1826–1830: Robert Fullerton1830–6 Dec 1833: Robert Ibbetson7 Dec 1833–17 Nov 1836: Kenneth Murchison18 Nov 1836–Jan 1843: Samuel George BonhamAug 1843–20 Mar 1855: William John Butterworth21 Mar 1855–Aug 1859: Edmund Augustus Blundell6 Aug 1859–16 Mar 1867: William Orfeur Cavenagh Governors of the Straits Settlements (direct Crown control), 1867–1946517 Mar 1867–3 Nov 1873: Harry St George Ord4 Nov 1873–7 May 1875: Andrew Clarke 8 May 1875–3 Apr 1877: William Francis Drummond Jervois Aug 1877–10 Feb 1879: William Cleaver Francis Robinson6 May 1880–17 Oct 1887: Frederick Aloysius Weld17 Oct 1887–30 Aug 1893: Cecil Clementi Smith1 Feb 1894–7 Dec 1899: Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell17 Feb 1901–12 Jan 1904: Frank Athelstane Swettenham6 15 Apr 1904–9 Apr 1911: John Anderson2 Sep 1911–24 Aug 1919: Arthur Henderson Young3 Feb 1920–5 May 1927: Laurence Nunns Guillemard3 Jun 1927–20 Oct 1929: Hugh Charles Clifford 20 Nov 19297–16 Feb 1934: Cecil Clementi9 Nov 1934–14 Feb 1942: Shenton Thomas Whitelegge Thomas816 Aug 1945–31 Mar 1946: Shenton Thomas Whitelegge Thomas (he was a prisoner-of-war from 15 February 1942 to 15 August 1945 during the Japanese Occupation)British Military Administration, 1945–19465 Sep 1945–31 Mar 1946: Louis Mountbatten9Governors of the crown colony of Singapore, 1946–1959101 Apr 1946–20 Mar 1952: Franklin Gimson23 Apr 1952–3 Jun 1955: John Fearns Nicoll30 Jun 1955–4 Dec 1957: Robert Brown Black9 Dec 1957–2 Jun 1959: William GoodeChief ministers 1955–1959116 Apr 1955–7 Jun 1956: David Marshall8 Jun 1956–1 Jun 1959: Lim Yew HockHeads of State (Yang di-Pertuan Negara), 1959–1965123 Jun 1959–2 Dec 1959: William Goode3 Dec 1959–21 Dec 1965: Yusof bin IshakPresidents of Singapore, 1965–9 Aug 1965–23 Nov 1970: Yusof bin Ishak132 Jan 1971–12 May 1981: Benjamin Henry Sheares1424 Oct 1981–28 Mar 1985: Chengara Veetil Devan Nair (C. V. Devan Nair)152 Sep 1985–1 Sep 1993: Wee Kim Wee161 Sep 1993–31 Aug 1999: Ong Teng Cheong (first elected president)171 Sep 1999–31 Aug 2011: Sellapan Ramanathan (S R Nathan)181 Sep 2011–31 Aug 2017: Tony Tan Keng Yam1914 Sep 2017–: Halimah Yacob20Prime ministers, 1959–5 Jun 1959–28 Nov 1990: Lee Kuan Yew2128 Nov 1990–12 Aug 2004: Goh Chok Tong2212 Aug 2004–: Lee Hsien Loong23AuthorVernon CorneliusReferences1. Dr Tan married Madam Mary Chee Bee Kiang in 1964. All the modern citizens of Singapore, the Chinese (majority population), the Malays, the Tamils, and others, came f… Historical dictionary of Singapore. : RSING 737.49595 SAR)5. Mr Nathan, a Hindu, was married to Urmila (Umi) Nandey and had a daughter, a son and three grandchildren. Mr S R Nathan was born in Singapore on 3 July 1924. We all know the greats such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt and also those at … Retrieved from NewspaperSG.8. Shenton of Singapore: Governor and prisoner of war. The current president is Halimah Yacob, who is the Singapore's first female president, who was elected unopposed at the 2017 presidential election. D Litt (Hon Causa), (University of Singapore), 1970, Star of the Republic of Indonesia Adipurna (Indonesia), 1974, Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, 1975, Ancient Order of Sikatuna (Raja), (Republic of the Philippines), 1976, Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, 1976. Personalities>>Biographies>>Colonial Administrators After serving two years as Assistant Medical Officer at the Sepoy Lines (now Singapore) General Hospital, he began his career in obstetrics and gynaecology in April 1931. 7 February 1940, Singapore–) was the seventh president of Singapore (2011–17). Mr Nathan received his early education in several schools – Anglo-Chinese Primary and Middle School, Rangoon Road Afternoon School and Victoria School. Retrieved from Factiva via NLB's eResources: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/20. (2017). He started working before completing his studies. : RSING 941.0840924 SHE.M)9. The Straits Times, p. 1. Retrieved 2017, July 4 from Parliament of Singapore website: https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mp/lee-hsien-loongThe information in this article is valid as at 3 October 2017 and correct as far as we are able to ascertain from our sources. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia Numismatic Society, p. 450. President State Took office Left office Party Term Previous office Vice President; 25: William McKinley (1843–1901) Ohio: since March 4, 1897: September 14, 1901: Republican: 28 : Governor of Ohio (1892–1896) Garret Hobart March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899: Vacant November 21, 1899 – March 4, 1901: 29 : Theodore Roosevelt After completing his secondary education, he enrolled at the University of Adelaide, where he was awarded the Bachelor of Architecture in 1961. 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