Ruler · 1924 – 2016

S. R. Nathan

Lived 1924 – 2016; politician, diplomat. President of Singapore (Singapore), 1999 – 2011.

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

Lived: 1924 – 2016; 92 years
In office: 12 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Singapore
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Singapore

Singapore · the 10th of 13 dated reigns · 1965 – 2023

6 before

Yeoh Ghim Seng1985

Wee Kim Wee1985 – 1993

Ong Teng Cheong1993 – 1999

S. R. Nathan1999 – 2011

Tony Tan2011 – 2017

Halimah Yacob2017 – 2023

Tharman Shanmugaratnam2023 – …

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 1999 – 2011 · 12 years · came to it aged 75

Came to it: elected
Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Nathan was elected President of Singapore in 1999 and re-elected in 2005, both times unopposed after other prospective candidates were deemed ineligible.

He left office on 1 September that same year and was succeeded by Tony Tan.

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