Second President of the Republic of Singapore
Benjamin Henry Sheares (August 12, 1907 May 12, 1981), the second president of the Republic of Singapore. Dr. Scholes is a Eurasian.
- Chinese name
- Scholes
- Foreign name
- Benjamin Henry Sheares
- date of birth
- August 12, 1907
- Date of death
- May 12, 1981
Character experience
Elected the second president of Singapore on January 2, 1971 to replace the first president of Singapore who died on November 23, 1970 yusof bin ishak , he serves as [1] Till death (May 12, 1981). Before serving as President, she was an obstetrician and gynecologist at the Bamboo Foot Maternal and Child Hospital in Singapore University of Malaya Professor and National University of Singapore The first headmaster of. Four months after the death of Dr. Sherth, the Singapore Parliament, at the suggestion of Lee Kuan Yew, the then Prime Minister of Singapore, appointed the then Singapore Anshun Tifana, a member of the regional parliament, became the successor of Dr. Sherth and became the third president of Singapore.