Tony Tan

7th President of Singapore

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    Born 1940
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Updated 2026-06-11

Banker turned politician who climbed to Deputy Prime Minister, then pivoted to Singapore's seventh presidency in 2011 — winning by the narrowest margin in the country's electoral history before stepping aside when the office was reserved for Malay candidates.

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Tony Tan Keng Yam was born 7 February 1940 and started as a general manager at OCBC Bank before entering politics in the 1979 by-elections, contesting Sembawang as a People's Action Party candidate and winning. He rose through the ranks to Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 2005, then resigned from cabinet and took the reins at GIC as deputy chairman and executive director, chaired the National Research Foundation, and led Singapore Press Holdings. In 2010 he stepped down from all posts to run for president as an independent. He won the 2011 four-way race and served until 2017, when he chose n…

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