# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lim-chin-siong
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:19:54.953Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lim-chin-siong"
name: "Lim Chin Siong"
slug: "lim-chin-siong"
description: "Lim Chin Siong was a Singaporean politician and union leader active in Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of the founders of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), which has governed the country continuously since independence. Lim also used his popularity to galvanise many trade unions in support of the PAP."
tagline: "Singaporean politician (1933–1996)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Lim_Chin_Siong_1950s.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1933-02-28"
deathDate: "1996-02-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.634457333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E6%B8%85%E7%A5%A5"
    title: "林清祥"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ليم تشين سيونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Chin_Siong"
    title: "Lim Chin Siong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Chin_Siong"
    title: "Lim Chin Siong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Chin_Siong"
    title: "Lim Chin Siong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%BC%EC%B9%9C%EC%8A%9D"
    title: "림친슝"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A2m_Thanh_T%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Dng"
    title: "Lâm Thanh Tường"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6548664"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump