S. Rajaratnam
✓ Source-basedstableSingaporean politician (1915-2006)
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.
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In September 1965, S. Rajaratnam, Singapore's first Minister for Foreign Affairs, speaks to the UN General Assembly after the nation's formal admission.
Facade of the ancestral house of S. Rajaratnam in Siththankerny, Vaddukoddai, Jaffna District, built by his father in 1922 near the site of the cottage where he was born in 1915; the cottage no longer exists.![Prime Minister of Singapore Visits UN Headquarters on 1967-10-21: Seen here, from left: Inche Rahim Ishak (Abdul Rahim Ishak), Minister of State for Education of Singapore; Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew; Secretary-General U Thant; S. Rajaratnam, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore; and Ambassador Wong Lin Ken, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations.[15]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Singapore%E2%80%99s_Lee_Kuan_Yew%2C_S._Rajaratnam%2C_Abdul_Rahim_Ishak%2C_Wong_Lin_Ken_with_U_Thant_at_the_UN_in_1967.jpg/500px-Singapore%E2%80%99s_Lee_Kuan_Yew%2C_S._Rajaratnam%2C_Abdul_Rahim_Ishak%2C_Wong_Lin_Ken_with_U_Thant_at_the_UN_in_1967.jpg)
Prime Minister of Singapore Visits UN Headquarters on 1967-10-21: Seen here, from left: Inche Rahim Ishak (Abdul Rahim Ishak), Minister of State for Education of Singapore; Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew; Secretary-General U Thant; S. Rajaratnam, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore; and Ambassador Wong Lin Ken, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations.[15]
![Rajkumar Kanagasingam, the founding president of the Fintech Association of Sri Lanka and a relative of S. Rajaratnam, is depicted reading the ChatBook.[6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Generative_AI-powered_ChatBook_featuring_S._Rajaratnam.jpg/1280px-Generative_AI-powered_ChatBook_featuring_S._Rajaratnam.jpg)
Rajkumar Kanagasingam, the founding president of the Fintech Association of Sri Lanka and a relative of S. Rajaratnam, is depicted reading the ChatBook.[6]Awards 1
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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.
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