Ruler · 1918 – 1993

Yeoh Ghim Seng

Lived 1918 – 1993; politician. President of Singapore (Singapore), 1970 – 1971 and 2 more terms.

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

Lived: 1918 – 1993; 75 years
In office: 1 year; 3 reigns
Lines: 1; Singapore
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Singapore

Singapore · the 3rd, 5th and 7th 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

Wee Kim Wee1985 – 1993

Ong Teng Cheong1993 – 1999

S. R. Nathan1999 – 2011

3 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 1970 – 1971 · 1 year · came to it aged 52 · term 1 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1971; they died in 1993

Reigned 1981 · under a year · came to it aged 63 · term 2 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1981; they died in 1993

Reigned 1985 · under a year · came to it aged 67 · term 3 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1985; they died in 1993

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