Benjamin Sheares
✓ Source-basedfalling2nd President of Singapore (1907-1981)
PoliticiansLived 1907 to 1981 · aged 73
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Benjamin Henry Sheares was a Singaporean obstetrician, gynaecologist, and academic who served as the second president of Singapore between 1971 until his death in 1981.
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Sheares in the 1940s
Sheares worked as an obstetrician and later the Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Kandang Kerbau Hospital (pictured).
Sheares in April 1951, speaking at the University of Malaya in Singapore.
Prime minister Lee Kuan Yew (pictured) was a supporter of Sheares' election to the presidency at all three presidential elections.
Sheares with his family c. 1946
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Politicians
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Politician
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Lived 1907 to 1981 · aged 73
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