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Ong Teng Cheong [a] GCMG (22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002) was a Singaporean politician, architect, and union leader who served as the fifth president of Singapore from 1993 to 1999. He was the first directly elected president in Singapore's history. [ 1 ]
As the fifth president of the Republic of Singapore, Ong Teng Cheong was our first head of state to be popularly elected through the people's vote in the 1993 presidential election.
Feb 8, 2002 · Ong Teng Cheong (b. 22 January 1936, Singapore–d. 8 February 2002, Singapore) was the fifthpresident of Singaporeand the first to beelected into office. He was sworn in as president on 1 September 1993. An architect by training, Ong served as a People’s Action Party (PAP) member of parliament (MP) for over two decades, and held at various ...
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However, events in the past year in the lead-up to the 2017 reserved presidential election has made Ong's status as the people's president more pronounced than ever. This is especially so since there is greater clarity now that Ong is officially not Singapore's first elected president, even though he was the first to win at the polls. This technica...
Ong was involved in grassroots activities in his early 30s in the late 1960s when he was staying in Seletar Hills. He was an architect by training. It was Ong’s commitment, mannerisms and intelligence that got him noticed by the People's Action Party. Then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew once remarked that Ong “had shown a special knack, the ability to...
Prior to being fielded in the 1972 election, Ong worked with the Ministry of National Development as a town planner from 1967 to 1971. From 1972 to 1991, Ong served as a People’s Action Party (PAP) MP for the Kim Keat constituency. His first political appointment came barely three years after being elected, when he was made Senior Minister of State...
Ong’s affable qualities were further refined as he spent more than 20 years in the public service and labour movement, before becoming president. As a union activist in NTUC, Ong was ferocious in working actively and forcefully in the interests of the unions in a way that his predecessor had never been seen to do, and stretched union activism to th...
As the fifth president of Singapore, Ong served a six-year term from Sept. 1, 1993 to Aug. 31, 1999. It was in office that the legacy of Ong’s presidency took shape. In 1994, he questioned the government’s interpretation of the constitution when the latter introduced a bill to revise the veto powers of the president. He then asked for the matter to...
Ong also took his role as the guardian of Singapore’s reserves seriously by questioning the type and quantity of assets the government owned. This episode played out as a public dispute between him and the government over the access of information regarding Singapore’s financial reserves. Ong’s stand was that he could not carry out his duties if he...
Aug 12, 2023 · In the annals of Singapore's history, Ong Teng Cheong stands out as a beacon of leadership that resonates with the masses. His reputation as the "People's Pr...
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Feb 9, 2019 · This week (8 February) marks the 17th anniversary of the passing of President Ong Teng Cheong. After the presidents we’ve had since his death, we have come to treasure and respect him more than ever. President Ong was a dutiful son of Singapore. Despite having previously served as a minister and deputy minister as a member of the People’s ...
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Apr 11, 2024 · Ong Teng Cheong was the fifth president of the Republic of Singapore and the first to be popularly elected by the people in the 1993 presidential election. [1] An architect by training, Ong had been in the public service for more than 20 years before he became president. Ong served as a People’s Action Party (PAP) member of parliament for the ...
