7th President of the Republic of Singapore From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tony Tan Keng Yam (simplified Chinese: 陈庆炎; traditional Chinese: 陳慶炎; pinyin: Chén Qìngyán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Khèng-iām, born 7 February 1940, in Singapore) is the seventh President of Singapore from 2011 through 2017. Until 1 July 2011, he was executive director and Deputy Chairman of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH). He previously was Chairman of Singapore's National Research Foundation and Deputy Chairman of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council.[1] In the late 1980s, he was Lee Kuan Yew's first choice to succeed him as Prime Minister of Singapore, but he declined.[2] He later returned to Cabinet and as Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 2005, and Minister for Defence from 1995 to 2003.
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His Excellency Dr. Tony Tan Keng Yam | |
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陈庆炎 | |
Tan at a press conference announcing his intention to contest the 2011 Singaporean presidential election in June 2011. | |
| 7th President of Singapore | |
| In office 1 September 2011 – 31 August 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Sellapan Ramanathan |
| Succeeded by | Halimah Yacob |
| Minister for Security and Defence | |
| In office 1 August 2003 – 1 September 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Shunmugam Jayakumar (National Security) |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore | |
| In office 1 August 1995 – 1 September 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Ong Teng Cheong |
| Succeeded by | Wong Kan Seng |
| Minister for Defence | |
| In office 1 August 1995 – 1 August 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong |
| Preceded by | Lee Boon Yang |
| Succeeded by | Teo Chee Hean |
| Minister for Education | |
| In office 1 January 1985 – 29 December 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong |
| Preceded by | Goh Keng Swee |
| Succeeded by | Lee Yock Suan |
| Minister for Finance | |
| In office 24 October 1983 – 1 January 1985 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Preceded by | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Succeeded by | Richard Hu |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Sembawang GRC | |
| In office 4 September 1988 – 6 May 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Khaw Boon Wan |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Sembawang SMC | |
| In office 11 February 1979, – 3 September 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Teong Eng Siong |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 February 1940 Singapore |
| Political party | Independent (2011–present) |
| Other political affiliations | People's Action Party (Before 2011) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Chee Bee Kiang (m. 1964) |
| Children | 3 sons 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Adelaide |
| Profession | Mathematician, banker |
| Website | Official website |
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| Chinese | 陈庆炎 | ||||||||||
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In August 2011, Tan won the Singapore presidential election by a narrow 0.34% margin, and was sworn in as the seventh President of Singapore on 1 September 2011.[3]
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