# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yusof-bin-ishak
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:46:22.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yusof-bin-ishak"
name: "Yusof bin Ishak"
slug: "yusof-bin-ishak"
description: "Yusof bin Ishak Al-Haj was a Singaporean journalist, civil servant, and politician who served as the head of state of Singapore from 1959 to 1970, as the second Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore between 1959 and 1965 and the first president of Singapore between 1965 and 1970."
tagline: "1st President of Singapore (1910–1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yusof_Ishak_in_NCC_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1910-08-12"
deathDate: "1970-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.2263224868205781
  historical:           20.93836933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.istana.gov.sg/the-president/former-presidents/encik-yusof-ishak"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump