Goh Keng Swee
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Dr Goh Keng Swee DUT (First Class) |
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| 吴庆瑞 | |
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| 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore | |
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In office 1 March 1973 – 3 December 1984 |
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| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Preceded by | Toh Chin Chye |
| Succeeded by | S. Rajaratnam |
| Constituency | Kreta Ayer |
| Minister for Education | |
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In office 12 February 1979 – 31 May 1980, 1 June 1981 – 3 December 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Chua Sian Chin |
| Succeeded by | Tony Tan Keng Yam |
| 3rd Minister for Defence | |
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In office 11 August 1970 – 11 February 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Lim Kim San |
| Succeeded by | Howe Yoon Chong |
| 3rd Minister for Finance | |
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In office 17 August 1967 – 10 August 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Lim Kim San |
| Succeeded by | Hon Sui Sen |
| 1st Minister for the Interior and Defence | |
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In office 9 August 1965 – 16 August 1967 |
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| Preceded by | None (Post newly created) |
| Succeeded by | Lim Kim San |
| 1st Minister for Finance | |
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In office 5 June 1959 – 8 August 1965 |
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| Preceded by | None (Post newly created) |
| Succeeded by | Lim Kim San |
| Personal details | |
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Robert Goh Keng Swee 6 October 1918 Malacca, Straits Settlements |
| Died | 14 May 2010 (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) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 吴庆瑞 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳慶瑞 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Qìngruì |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Gô͘ Khèng-sūi |
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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