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- Chengara Veetil Devan Nair BBM (5 August 1923 – 6 December 2005), also known as C. V. Devan Nair, better known as Devan Nair, was a Singaporean politician and union leader who served as the third president of Singapore from 1981 until his resignation in 1985.
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Chengara Veetil Devan Nair BBM (5 August 1923 – 6 December 2005), also known as C. V. Devan Nair, better known as Devan Nair, was a Singaporean politician and union leader who served as the third president of Singapore from 1981 until his resignation in 1985.
Fifty-eight-year-old C. V. Devan Nair was elected by parliament as Singapore's third president on 23 October 1981. He took office the following day. Prior to becoming president, Nair was the first secretary-general of the Singapore National Trades Union Congress , an organisation that he had helped establish in 1961.
Dec 7, 2005 · Chengara Veetil Devan Nair 1 (b. 5 August 1923, Jasin, near Malacca, Malaysia 2 –d. 7 December 2005, Canada 3), better known as just Devan Nair, was Singapore’s third president and first Indian president. 4
Devan Nair Chengara Veetil BBM (Malayalam: ദേവൻ നായർ ചെങ്ങറ വീട്ടിൽ; 5 August 1923 – 6 December 2005), also known as C. V. Devan Nair, was a Malaysian-born Singaporean politician. He was the third President of Singapore between 1981 and 1985. On 28 March 1985, Nair resigned for unknown reasons. [2]
Jan 28, 2023 · C V Devan Nair, one of the leaders of the anti-colonial movement at the time, was a proponent of the Pulau Senang experiment. Having spent two stints as a political prisoner in the 1950s,...
He was Member of Parliament for Anson, 1979 to 1981, and President of the Republic of Singapore, 1981 to 1985. Devan Nair was born in 1928 in Jasin, near Malacca, the son of a rubber plantation clerk from Kerala. After passing the war in Tangkak, Johore, he became a schoolteacher in Singapore.
Towards the Great Turning Point. C.V. DEVAN NAIR. GEMS FROM THE COLLABORATION ARCHIVE highlights notable articles from past issues of Collaboration journal, along with video interviews and conversations that explore the deeper aspects of each article.
