Yeoh Ghim Seng | |
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杨锦成 | |
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3rd Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore | |
In office 27 January 1970 – 17 August 1988 | |
Deputy | Tang See Chim Hwang Soo Jin Tan Soo Khoon |
Preceded by | Punch Coomaraswamy |
Succeeded by | Tan Soo Khoon |
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore | |
In office 11 July 1968 – 26 January 1970 | |
Preceded by | Punch Coomaraswamy |
Succeeded by | Tang See Chim |
President of Singapore | |
Acting | |
In office 31 March 1985 – 2 September 1985 | |
In office 12 May 1981 – 23 October 1981 | |
In office 23 November 1970 – 2 January 1971 | |
Member of Parliament for Joo Chiat SMC | |
In office 2 November 1966 – 17 August 1988 | |
Preceded by | Fong Kim Heng |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Ipoh, Perak, British Malaya | 22 June 1918
Died | 3 June 1993 Singapore | (aged 74)
Cause of death | Lung cancer |
Resting place | Mount Vernon Crematorium |
Nationality | Singaporean |
Political party | People's Action Party |
Education | University of Cambridge |
Profession | Surgeon |
Yeoh Ghim Seng BBM JP (Chinese: 杨锦成; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iôⁿ Gím-sêng; pinyin: Yáng Jǐnchéng) was a Singaporean politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 1970 and 1988.
He is one of the longest-serving speakers of any parliament in the world.[1][2] Yeoh served briefly as the acting president of Singapore between the death of Yusof Ishak on 23 November 1970[3] and the inauguration of President Benjamin Sheares on 2 January 1971.
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