Ruler · 1936 – 2002

Ong Teng Cheong

Lived 1936 – 2002; architect, politician. President of Singapore (Singapore), 1993 – 1999.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1936 – 2002; 66 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Singapore
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Singapore

Singapore · the 9th of 13 dated reigns · 1965 – 2023

5 before

Devan Nair1981 – 1985

Yeoh Ghim Seng1985

Wee Kim Wee1985 – 1993

Ong Teng Cheong1993 – 1999

S. R. Nathan1999 – 2011

Tony Tan2011 – 2017

Halimah Yacob2017 – 2023

1 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 1993 – 1999 · 6 years · came to it aged 57

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Ong stepped down from the presidency at the age of 63.

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