Tony Tan | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
陈庆炎 | |||||||
7th president of Singapore | |||||||
In office 1 September 2011 – 31 August 2017 | |||||||
Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong | ||||||
Preceded by | S. R. Nathan | ||||||
Succeeded by | Halimah Yacob | ||||||
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore | |||||||
In office 1 August 1995 – 1 September 2005 Serving with Lee Hsien Loong (1990–2004) and S. Jayakumar (2004–2009) | |||||||
Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong | ||||||
Preceded by | Goh Chok Tong Ong Teng Cheong | ||||||
Succeeded by | Wong Kan Seng S. Jayakumar | ||||||
Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence | |||||||
In office 1 August 2003 – 1 September 2005 | |||||||
Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong | ||||||
Preceded by | Ong Teng Cheong | ||||||
Succeeded by | S. Jayakumar | ||||||
Minister for Defence | |||||||
In office 1 August 1995 – 1 August 2003 | |||||||
Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong | ||||||
Second Minister | Teo Chee Hean | ||||||
Preceded by | Lee Boon Yang | ||||||
Succeeded by | Teo Chee Hean | ||||||
Chairman of the People's Action Party | |||||||
In office 1 September 1993 – 3 December 2004 | |||||||
Preceded by | Ong Teng Cheong | ||||||
Succeeded by | Lim Boon Heng | ||||||
Minister for Finance | |||||||
In office 24 October 1983 – 1 January 1985 | |||||||
Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||||
Preceded by | Hon Sui Sen | ||||||
Succeeded by | Richard Hu | ||||||
Minister for Trade and Industry | |||||||
In office 1 June 1981 – 17 February 1986 | |||||||
Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||||
Preceded by | Goh Chok Tong | ||||||
Succeeded by | Lee Hsien Loong | ||||||
Minister for Education | |||||||
In office 2 January 1985 – 1 January 1992 | |||||||
Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong | ||||||
Preceded by | Goh Keng Swee | ||||||
Succeeded by | Lee Yock Suan | ||||||
In office 1 June 1980 – 31 May 1981 | |||||||
Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | ||||||
Preceded by | Goh Keng Swee | ||||||
Succeeded by | Goh Keng Swee | ||||||
Member of the Singapore Parliament for Sembawang GRC (Sembawang) | |||||||
In office 3 September 1988 – 20 April 2006 | |||||||
Preceded by | Constituency established | ||||||
Succeeded by | Khaw Boon Wan (PAP) | ||||||
Member of the Singapore Parliament for Sembawang SMC | |||||||
In office 10 February 1979 – 17 August 1988 | |||||||
Preceded by | Teong Eng Siong (PAP) | ||||||
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | Tony Tan Keng Yam 7 February 1940 Singapore, Straits Settlements, British Malaya | ||||||
Political party | Independent | ||||||
Other political affiliations | People's Action Party (1979–2006) | ||||||
Spouse |
Mary Chee (m. 1964) | ||||||
Children | 4 | ||||||
Relatives | Tan Chin Tuan (uncle) | ||||||
Alma mater | University of Singapore (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS) University of Adelaide (PhD) | ||||||
Signature | |||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 陈庆炎 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 陳慶炎 | ||||||
| |||||||
Tony Tan Keng Yam DUT GCB (Chinese: 陈庆炎; pinyin: Chén Qìngyán; born 7 February 1940) is a Singaporean banker and politician who served as the seventh president of Singapore from 2011 to 2017.
Prior to entering politics, Tan was a general manager at OCBC Bank. He made his political debut in the 1979 by-elections as a PAP candidate contesting in Sembawang SMC and won. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1995 and 2005.
Tan resigned from the Cabinet in 2005 and was appointed deputy chairman and executive director of GIC, the country's sovereign wealth fund, chairman of the National Research Foundation and Chairman of SPH. He resigned from all of his positions in 2010 before contesting in the 2011 presidential election as an independent candidate.
Tan won the 2011 presidential election in a four-cornered fight and served as the president of Singapore until 2017. He did not seek for a re-election in the 2017 presidential election, which was reserved for Malay candidates after a constitutional amendment.[1][2] His presidential term ended and he officially retired on 1 September 2017. He was succeeded by Halimah Yacob on 14 September 2017.