# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-b-jeyaretnam
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:58:47.815Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-b-jeyaretnam"
name: "J. B. Jeyaretnam"
slug: "j-b-jeyaretnam"
description: "Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam was a Singaporean politician and lawyer who served as secretary-general of the opposition Workers' Party from 1971 to 2001 and was the de facto Leader of the Opposition between 1981 and 1986. He was also an elected Member of Parliament for Anson SMC between 1981 and 1986, and a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) from 1997 to 2001."
tagline: "Singaporean politician (1926–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JoshuaBenjaminJeyaretnam-Singapore-20051107.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-01-05"
deathDate: "2008-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.86
  momentum:             5.046728971962618
  historical:           9.479452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "約舒亞·本傑明·惹耶勒南"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيه. بى. چياريتنام"
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    title: "Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam"
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    title: "J. B. Jeyaretnam"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Benjamin_Jeyaretnam"
    title: "Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Jeyaretnam"
    title: "J. B. Jeyaretnam"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Jeyaretnam"
    title: "J. B. Jeyaretnam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Benjamin_Jeyaretnam"
    title: "Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam"
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  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Benjamin_Jeyaretnam"
    title: "Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Benjamin_Jeyaretnam"
    title: "Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam"
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  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9E%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "ஜோசுவா பெஞ்சமின் ஜெயரத்தினம்"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump