Singapore: Heads of State: 1959-2024Ethnic names are given in parentheses. |
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| 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 |
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| [1] | Cellappaṉ Rāmanātaṉ is the name in Tamil; in most official use: S R Nathan. |
Last update: 29 Nov 2023