President of Singapore

List of Presidents of the Republic of Singapore

#	President	Start of term	End of term
1	Yusof bin Ishak[73] (12 August 1910 – 23 November 1970)	9 August 1965	23 November 1970
Following the death of President Yusof bin Ishak, the Speaker of Parliament, Yeoh Ghim Seng, was installed by Parliament as acting president until the appointment of Benjamin Sheares on 2 January 1971.
2	Benjamin Henry Sheares[73] (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981)	2 January 1971	12 May 1981
Once again, following the death of President Sheares, Speaker Yeoh Ghim Seng was installed by Parliament as acting president until the appointment of C.V. Devan Nair on 24 October 1981.
3	C.V. (Chengara Veetil) Devan Nair[73] (5 August 1923 – 6 December 2005)	24 October 1981	28 March 1985
Following the resignation of President C.V. Devan Nair, Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin was installed by Parliament as acting president until 29 March when he was replaced by Speaker of Parliament Yeoh Ghim Seng until the appointment of Wee Kim Wee on 2 September 1985.
4	Wee Kim Wee[73] (4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005)	2 September 1985	1 September 1993
After the Constitution was amended in 1991, the term of President Wee was fixed to end on 1 September 1993. On the following day, President Ong Teng Cheong, the first directly elected President of Singapore, assumed office.
5	Ong Teng Cheong[73] (22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002)	2 September 1993	1 September 1999
President Ong completed his term of office on 1 September 1999 and was succeeded by S.R. Nathan who was returned unopposed on Nomination Day in 1999.
6	S.R. Nathan (Sellapan Ramanathan)[74] (born 3 July 1924)	1 September 1999	Present (term ends 31 August 2011)