# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/s-rajaratnam
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:53:20.286Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/s-rajaratnam"
name: "S. Rajaratnam"
slug: "s-rajaratnam"
description: "Sinnathamby Rajaratnam was a Singaporean statesman, journalist and diplomat. He served as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1965 until 1980, and subsequently as the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1980 to 1985. Rajaratnam was pivotal in shaping Singapore's foreign policy framework during its formative years of sovereignty, helping secure the nation's position on the global stage. Alongside his foreign affairs portfolio, he also served as Minister for Culture from 1959 to 1965, Minister for Labour from 1968 to 1971, Deputy Prime Minister from 1980 to 1985 and Senior Minister from 1985 to 1988. Throughout his entire political career, he represented the constituency of Kampong Glam. Rajaratnam is remembered for authoring the Singapore National Pledge in 1966. Rajaratnam is widely recognised as one of the founding fathers of modern Singapore and a key architect of ASEAN."
tagline: "Singaporean politician (1915–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S_Rajaratnam_c._1940s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1915-02-25"
deathDate: "2006-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump