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Tony Tan (Singaporean president)

His Excellency
Tony Tan
陈庆炎
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7th President of Singapore
Assumed office
1 September 2011
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by S.R. Nathan
Co-ordinating Minister for Security and Defence
In office
1 August 2003 – 1 September 2005
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by S. Jayakumar (National Security)
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
In office
1993 – 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 (Sembawang)
In office
4 September 1988 – 6 May 2006
Preceded by Himself As(Sembawang SMC)
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 Himself (Sembawang GRC-Sembawang)
Personal details
Born Tony Tan Keng Yam
(1940-02-07) 7 February 1940 (age 77)
Singapore, Straits Settlements
Political party People's Action Party (1979- 2011)
Independent (2011–present)
Spouse(s) Mary Chee Bee Kiang (徐美娟, 1964–present)
Relations Tan Chin Tuan (uncle)
Children 3 sons
1 daughter
Alma mater National University of Singapore
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Adelaide
Religion Christianity (Anglican)

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) is a Singaporean politician and the seventh President of Singapore, in office since 2011. He served as a Member of the Singapore Parliament from 1979 to 2006 and held various ministerial portfolios, including defence, finance, Arts, trade and industry. In the late 1980s, Lee Kuan Yew mentioned Tan as his first choice to succeed himself as Prime Minister of Singapore, but he declined. He left the Cabinet from 1991 to 1995 to lead the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation before returning as Deputy Prime Minister, a position he held until 2005.

After stepping down as a Member of Parliament in 2006, Tan was appointed Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH). He also served as Chairman of Singapore's National Research Foundation, and Deputy Chairman of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council. In July 2011, he resigned from these positions to contest in the 2011 presidential election. He received 35.20% of the votes, winning by a narrow 0.34% margin over the second-placed candidate. Tan was sworn in as President on 1 September 2011.

Tan was educated at St Patrick's School and St Joseph's Institution. As a recipient of a government scholarship, he graduated with first class honours in physics from the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore), topping his class. As an Asia Foundation scholar, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he completed a Master of Science in operations research. He later earned a Doctor of Philosophy in applied mathematics at the University of Adelaide, and went on to lecture mathematics in the University of Singapore.


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