# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/othman-wok
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:46:58.094Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/othman-wok"
name: "Othman Wok"
slug: "othman-wok"
description: "Othman bin Wok was a Singaporean statesman and diplomat. He served as Minister for Social Affairs from 1963 to 1977 and concurrently held the portfolio of Minister for Culture between 1965 and 1968. After retiring from politics, he was appointed Singapore's Ambassador to Indonesia and sat on the boards of both the Singapore Tourism Board and the Sentosa Development Corporation. Throughout his entire political career, he represented the constituency of Pasir Panjang."
tagline: "Singaporean politician (1924–2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Othman_Wok.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-10-08"
deathDate: "2017-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.57
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.509614666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othman_Wok"
    title: "Othman Wok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othman_Wok"
    title: "Othman Wok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othman_Wok"
    title: "Othman Wok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A5%A5%E6%96%AF%E6%9B%BC%E6%B8%A5"
    title: "奥斯曼渥"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%94%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A"
    title: "ඔත්මාන් වොක්"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othman_Wok"
    title: "Othman Wok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7108689"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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