Wee Chong Jin

Wee Chong Jin
黃宗仁
1st Chief Justice of Singapore
In office
5 January 1963 – 27 September 1990
PresidentYusof Ishak
Benjamin Sheares
Devan Nair
Wee Kim Wee
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byYong Pung How
Head, Presidential Council for Religious Harmony
In office
1992–2005
President of Singapore
Acting
In office
28 March 1985 – 31 March 1985
Personal details
Born(1915-09-28)28 September 1915
Penang, British Malaya
Died5 June 2005(2005-06-05) (aged 89)
Singapore
Cause of deathLung and brain cancer
Resting placeMandai Crematorium
SpouseCecilia Mary Henderson
Children4
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃宗仁
Simplified Chinese黄宗仁
JyutpingWong4 Zung1 Jan4

Wee Chong Jin DUBC (Chinese: 黄宗仁; pinyin: Huáng Zōngrén; Jyutping: Wong4 Zung1 Jan4; 28 September 1915 – 5 June 2005) was a Malayan-born Singaporean judge who served as chief justice of Singapore between 1963 and 1990.

Born in Penang, Malaysia, he was the first Asian lawyer to be appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Having served as the chief justice of Singapore for 27 years, Wee was the longest-serving chief justice in the Commonwealth.

He was being appointed as chief justice of Singapore by former president of Singapore, Yusof Ishak.


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