Singapore: Heads of State: 1959-2024
Ethnic names are given in parentheses. |
Yang di-Pertuan Negara Singapura = Yang di-Pertuan Negara of the State of Singapore |
3 Jun 1959 - 3 Dec 1959 |
Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode |
3 Dec 1959 - 22 Dec 1965 |
Yusof bin Ishak |
Presiden Republik Singapura = President of the Republic of Singapore = Xīnjiāpō Zǒngtǒng |
22 Dec 1965 - 23 Nov 1970 |
Yusof bin Ishak |
Person exercising the functions of the President |
23 Nov 1970 - 2 Jan 1971 |
Yeoh Ghim Seng (Yáng Jǐnchéng) |
Presiden Republik Singapura = President of the Republic of Singapore = Xīnjiāpō Zǒngtǒng |
2 Jan 1971 - 12 May 1981 |
Benjamin Henry Sheares |
Person appointed to exercise the functions of the President |
12 May 1981 - 24 Oct 1981 |
Yeoh Ghim Seng (Yáng Jǐnchéng) |
Presiden Republik Singapura = President of the Republic of Singapore = Xīnjiāpō Zǒngtǒng |
24 Oct 1981 - 27 Mar 1985 |
Chengara Veetil Devan Nair (Ceñgārā Vīṭiḷ Dēvan Nāyar) |
Person appointed to exercise the functions of the President |
27 Mar 1985 - 29 Mar 1985 |
Wee Chong Jin (Huáng Zōngrén) |
29 Mar 1985 - 1 Sep 1985 |
Yeoh Ghim Seng (Yáng Jǐnchéng) |
Presiden Republik Singapura = President of the Republic of Singapore = Xīnjiāpō Zǒngtǒng |
1 Sep 1985 - 1 Sep 1993 |
Wee Kim Wee (Huáng Jīnhuī) |
1 Sep 1993 - 1 Sep 1999 |
Ong Teng Cheong (Wáng Dǐngchāng) |
1 Sep 1999 - 1 Sep 2011 |
Sellapan Ramanathan (Cellappaṉ Rāmanātaṉ) [1] |
1 Sep 2011 - 1 Sep 2017 |
Tony Tan Keng Yam (Chén Qìngyán) |
Person exercising the functions of the President |
1 Sep 2017 - 14 Sep 2017 |
Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay (Jōcap Yuvarāj Piḷḷai) |
Presiden Republik Singapura = President of the Republic of Singapore = Xīnjiāpō Zǒngtǒng |
14 Sep 2017 - |
Halimah Yacob |