Toh Chin Chye

Toh Chin Chye DUNU
杜进才
Minister for Health
In office 2 June 1975 – 5 January 1981
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Preceded by	Chua Sian Chin
Succeeded by	Goh Chok Tong
Minister for Science and Technology
In office 16 April 1968 – 1 June 1975
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew[1]
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Lee Chiaw Meng
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
In office 5 June 1959 – 2 August 1968
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Preceded by	Abdul Hamid Jumat (as Deputy Chief Minister)
Succeeded by	Goh Keng Swee
Leader of the House
In office 5 June 1959 – 15 April 1968
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Edmund W. Barker
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Singapore
In office 2 November 1963[2] – 9 August 1965
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the Singapore Parliament for Rochor
In office 30 May 1959 – 17 August 1988
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
3rd Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Action Party
In office 20 October 1957 – 8 January 1981
Preceded by	Tan Chong Kim
Succeeded by	Ong Teng Cheong
1st Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Action Party
In office 21 November 1954 – 13 August 1957
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Tan Chong Kim
Personal details
Born	(1921-12-10)10 December 1921 Batu Gajah, Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya, (now Malaysia)
Died	3 February 2012(2012-02-03) (aged 90) Singapore
Resting place	Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium
Political party	People's Action Party
Spouse	Florence Yeapp Sui Phek ​ ​ (m. 1962; died 2004)​
Children	Toh Ai Chu (adopted) (died 2009)
Alma mater	Raffles College University of London National Institute for Medical Research

Toh Chin Chye DUNU (Chinese: 杜进才; pinyin: Dù Jìncái; 10 December 1921 – 3 February 2012) was a Singaporean statesman and academic who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1968. Toh is widely recognised as one of the founding fathers of Singapore. He was also one of the founders of the People's Action Party (PAP), which has governed the country continuously since independence.

Toh was a prominent member of the country's first generation of political leaders after Singapore became independent in 1965. He had served as Deputy Prime Minister between 1959 and 1968, Minister for Science and Technology between 1968 and 1975, and Minister for Health between 1975 and 1981.

He had also served as Chairman of the People's Action Party between 1954 and 1981, Leader of the House between 1959 and 1968, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) between 1968 and 1975.

After Toh had resigned from the Cabinet in 1981, he continued to serve as a Member of Parliament (MP) on the backbenches.