# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tan-siew-sin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:19:27.846Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tan-siew-sin"
name: "Tan Siew Sin"
slug: "tan-siew-sin"
description: "Tan Siew Sin was a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Finance, and 3rd President of the Malaysian Chinese Association – a major component party of Alliance and later Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions. In his term as the Minister of Finance, a new Malaysian currency, the Malaysian Ringgit, was introduced. He is the longest-serving Minister of Finance, having served in the position for 15 years."
tagline: "Malaysian politician (1916-1988)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1916-05-21"
deathDate: "1988-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.58
  momentum:             0.797052913596785
  historical:           5.524698666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Siew_Sin"
    title: "Tan Siew Sin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Siew_Sin"
    title: "Tan Siew Sin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Siew_Sin"
    title: "Tan Siew Sin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E4%BF%AE%E4%BF%A1"
    title: "陳修信"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Siew_Sin"
    title: "Tan Siew Sin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%82_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "டான் சியூ சின்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2391961"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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