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The office of President was created in 1965 after Singapore became a Republic on its departure from the Federation of Malaysia in that year. It replaced the office of Yang di-Pertua Negara, which had been created when Singapore gained self-government in 1959. The last Yang di-Pertua Negara, Yusuf Ishak, became the first President. He was replaced by Benjamin Sheares, who served as President until his death in 1981, when he was succeeded by CV Devan Nair. Owing to personal problems, Nair stepped down in 19851985 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January events January 1 Creation of the Internet's Domain Name System. January 17 British Telecom annouces they are going to abolish the famous red telephone boxes. January 23 A debate in the House of Lor and was replaced by Wee Kim WeeWee Kim Wee (b. 1915) was the fourth President of Singapore., who served as President until 1993.
In 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi, the ConstitutionThe Constitution of a given organisation defines its form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules. To view particular constitutions, refer to the list of national constitutions. The term comes from Latin constitutio which referred to any was amended to allow for the direct election of the President, who would have the right of veto over civil service appointments and the use of government reserves. The first directly elected President was Ong Teng CheongOng Teng Cheong ( January 22, 1936 February 8, 2002) was the first elected President of Republic of Singapore. Chairman of the People's Action Party and secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress, Ong was considered a firm Lee Kuan Yew loyali, a former government minister.
The incumbent President is SR Nathan.
ImageSize = width:150 height:250 PlotArea = left:35 right:0 bottom:10 top:10 AlignBars = early DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1965 till:2004 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1970 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:5 start:1965
Define $dx = 25 # shift text to right side of bar PlotData= bar:Leaders color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S from:start till:1970 shift:($dx,5) text: Yusuf~Ishak from:1970 till:1981 shift:($dx,5) text:Benjamin~ Sheares from:1981 till:1985 shift:($dx,3) text:CV~Devan Nair from:1985 till:1993 shift:($dx,5) text: Wee~Kim Wee from:1993 till:1999 shift:($dx,5) text: Ong~Teng Cheong from:1999 till:end shift:($dx,4) text:S.R.~ Nathan
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