Ruler · 1907 – 1981

Benjamin Sheares

Lived 1907 – 1981; physician, politician. President of Singapore (Singapore), 1971 – 1981.

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Lived: 1907 – 1981; 74 years
In office: 10 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Singapore
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

President of Singapore

Singapore · the 4th of 13 dated reigns · 1965 – 2023

Yusof Ishak1965 – 1970

Punch Coomaraswamy1968

Yeoh Ghim Seng1970 – 1971

Benjamin Sheares1971 – 1981

Yeoh Ghim Seng1981

Devan Nair1981 – 1985

Yeoh Ghim Seng1985

6 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officea second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1971 – 1981 · 10 years · came to it aged 64

Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; disease

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