Tony Tan Keng Yam

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Tony Tan Keng Yam (simplified Chinese: 陈庆炎; traditional Chinese: 陳慶炎; pinyin: Ch n Q ngy n; Pe̍h-ōe-jī T n Kh ng-iām, born 7 February 1940, in Singapore) is the seventh and current President of Singapore. 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 served as Chairman of Singapore's National Research Foundation and Deputy Chairman of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council. In the late 1980s, Tan was Lee Kuan Yew's first choice to succeed him as Prime Minister of Singapore, but he declined. He later returned to Cabinet and as Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 2005, and Minister for Defence from 1995 to 2003.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5511226041
• ISBN13: 9785511226040
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"