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Sellapan Ramanathan DUT PJG [1][2] ( / ˈsɛləpən rɑːməˈnɑːðən /; 3 July 1924 – 22 August 2016), [3] often known as S. R. Nathan, was a Singaporean politician and civil servant who served as the sixth president of Singapore between 1999 and 2011. [4] .
Sellapan Ramanathan (b. 3 July 1924, Singapore–22 August 2016, Singapore), commonly known as S. R. Nathan, served as the sixth president of Singapore from 1 September 1999 to 31 August 2011. He was Singapore’s longest-serving president.
Aug 22, 2016 · SINGAPORE — Sellapan Ramanathan, or S R Nathan, the protagonist in an unlikely but quintessential Singapore story of advancement who went from school dropout to the highest office in the land,...
Often affectionately referred to as the People’s President, Mr. Nathan was the sixth and longest-serving President in Singapore, in office for two terms, from 1999 to 2011. He was conferred the nation’s highest award – The Order of Temasek, First Class for his outstanding contributions to the country in public service.
Aug 22, 2016 · Mr Nathan, who died Monday aged 92, led an extraordinary and "improbable" life of a teenage runaway who rose to the highest office in the land.
Aug 22, 2016 · SINGAPORE — The Republic's sixth President, Mr S R Nathan, has died. He was 92. Mr Nathan, who was Singapore's longest-serving president, died at the Singapore General Hospital on Monday...
Aug 1, 2016 · Former president S R Nathan, 92, is Singapore's longest-serving head of state. Before his term as president from 1999 to 2011, he was a social worker, trade union activist and then diplomat in...
Aug 26, 2016 · SINGAPORE - In his eulogy at the state funeral of late former president S R Nathan on Friday (Aug 26) afternoon, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong paid tribute to a man who, time and again,...
Aug 23, 2016 · Former Singapore President S R Nathan died Monday three weeks after suffering a stroke. Nathan, who had also served as a diplomat and an intelligence chief in the military, died at Singapore...
Aug 23, 2016 · The Singaporean government has announced that former president, 92-year-old Sellapan Ramanathan (widely known as S.R. Nathan) died on Monday.