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Goh Keng Swee

Dr
Goh Keng Swee
DUT (First Class)
吴庆瑞
Black and white photograph of the head and shoulders of a balding Chinese man in a suit and tie, smiling broadly
2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
In office
1 March 1973 – 3 December 1984
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
Preceded by Toh Chin Chye
Succeeded by S. Rajaratnam
Constituency Kreta Ayer
Minister for Education
In office
12 February 1979 – 31 May 1980,
1 June 1981 – 3 December 1984
Preceded by Chua Sian Chin
Succeeded by Tony Tan Keng Yam
3rd Minister for Defence
In office
11 August 1970 – 11 February 1979
Preceded by Lim Kim San
Succeeded by Howe Yoon Chong
3rd Minister for Finance
In office
17 August 1967 – 10 August 1970
Preceded by Lim Kim San
Succeeded by Hon Sui Sen
1st Minister for the Interior and Defence
In office
9 August 1965 – 16 August 1967
Preceded by None (Post newly created)
Succeeded by Lim Kim San
1st Minister for Finance
In office
5 June 1959 – 8 August 1965
Preceded by None (Post newly created)
Succeeded by Lim Kim San
Personal details
Born Robert Goh Keng Swee
(1918-10-06)6 October 1918
Malacca, Straits Settlements
Died 14 May 2010(2010-05-14) (aged 91)
Singapore
Nationality Singaporean
Political party People's Action Party (1959-1984)
Spouse(s) Alice Woon (1942–86), Dr. Phua Swee Liang (1991-2010) (his death)
Children Goh Kian Chee
Alma mater Anglo-Chinese School (SC), Raffles College (Dip. A.), LSE (BSc (Econ.), 1951; PhD, 1954)
Religion Methodist
Military service
Years of service 1939–42
Rank Colonel
Unit 20th People's Defence Force (Arty)
Goh Keng Swee
Simplified Chinese 吴庆瑞
Traditional Chinese 吳慶瑞

Goh Keng Swee, DUT (First Class) (6 October 1918 – 14 May 2010) was the second Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1973 and 1984, and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kreta Ayer constituency for a quarter of a century.

Born in Malacca in the Straits Settlements into a Peranakan family, he came to Singapore at the age of two years. He was a student at Raffles College and the London School of Economics and Political Science, and his interest in politics began during his time in London where he met fellow students seeking independence for British Malaya (which covered modern Malaysia and Singapore).

From 1945 onwards he worked for the Department of Social Welfare, eventually rising to become its Director. In 1958 he resigned from the Civil Service to work full-time for the People's Action Party (PAP), becoming a key member and later vice-chairman of its Central Executive Committee. The following year he successfully contested the Kreta Ayer seat in the 1959 general election for the Legislative Assembly, and joined the first government of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew as Minister for Finance. Upon Singapore's independence on 9 August 1965, Goh became the nation's first Minister for the Interior and Defence. He subsequently served as Finance Minister (1967–70), Minister for Defence (1970–79) and Minister for Education (1979–80, 1981–84).


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