# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lim-yew-hock
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:06:49.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lim-yew-hock"
name: "Lim Yew Hock"
slug: "lim-yew-hock"
description: "Lim Yew Hock was a Singaporean and Malaysian politician and diplomat who served as Chief Minister of Singapore from 1956 to 1959. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cairnhill between 1959 and 1963, and had earlier served as a member of the Legislative Council of Singapore and later the Legislative Assembly of Singapore from 1948 to 1959. Between 1959 and 1963, Lim was the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly. Following Singapore's separation from Malaysia in 1965, Lim became less involved in Singaporean politics and moved to Malaya."
tagline: "Singaporean and Malaysian politician (1914-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lim_Yew_Hock%2C_1951.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1914-10-15"
deathDate: "1984-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.4
  momentum:             1.254901960784313
  historical:           9.983162666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E6%9C%89%E7%A6%8F"
    title: "林有福"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "ليم يو هوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Yew_Hock"
    title: "Lim Yew Hock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Yew_Hock"
    title: "Lim Yew Hock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%95"
    title: "उमर लिम यू हॉक"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Yew_Hock"
    title: "Lim Yew Hock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%BC%EC%9C%A0%ED%98%B9"
    title: "림유혹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Yew_Hock"
    title: "Lim Yew Hock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Yew_Hock"
    title: "Lim Yew Hock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A2m_H%E1%BB%AFu_Ph%C3%BAc"
    title: "Lâm Hữu Phúc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E6%9C%89%E7%A6%8F"
    title: "林有福"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AEm_I%C3%BA-hok"
    title: "Lîm Iú-hok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1697131"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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