On SR Nathan - From Infopedia, Istana Index, NTU News
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http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_490_2004-12-23.html - Includes
what Angeline sent and other info not in Wikipedia
http://www.istana.gov.sg/PresidentSRNathan/ - Includes biography &
photo gallery
President S R Nathan launches NTU’s Legacy Sculpture for the Youth
Olympic Village and officiates at Convocation dinner for the
university’s largest graduating cohort
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Ramanathan[1] (Tamil: செல்லப்பன் ராமநாதன்; born 3 July 1924) is the sixth and current President of the Republic of Singapore. Often referred to as S. R. Nathan, he was first sworn in on September 1, 1999. In 1999 and 2005 he was proclaimed president after an uncontested election.
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Sellapan Ramanathan (born July 3, 1924) is the sixth and current President of the Republic of Singapore. Often referred to as S. R. Nathan, the President was elected, unopposed, on August 18, 1999. He succeeded Ong Teng Cheong and was sworn in on September 1, 1999.
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Nathan is a Singaporean of Tamil Indian descent; his childhood was spent with his three older sisters and parents, V. Sellapan and Apiram, in Muar, Johor, in a house overlooking the sea. His father had been posted to the Malayan town as a lawyer's clerk for a firm that serviced rubber plantations, but the rubber slump of the 1930s sent the family's fortunes crashing. Nathan's father accrued debts, and eventually lost his job. By then the young Nathan had returned to his birthplace, Singapore, to live with an uncle, and received his early education in several Anglo-Chinese schools, such as the Rangoon Road Afternoon School, and later Victoria School. He started working before completing his studies. During the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, Nathan worked for the Japanese civilian police as a translator.[1]. After the war, whilst working, he completed his secondary education through self-study, and entered the University of Malaya (then in Singapore) where he graduated in 1954 with a Diploma in Social Studies (Distinction).
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Comments on article: InfopediaTalk Sellapan Ramanathan (a.k.a. S. R. Nathan or popularly "S. R.") (b. 3 July 1924, Singapore -) became the second elected President of Singapore on 1 September 1999, the sixth and the oldest local president to hold this appointment of leadership. He had previously held key positions in security and intelligence, served as diplomat to Malaysia and the United States and chaired various boards in both public and private companies.
Nathan was conceived soon after his mother's pilgrimage to the holy site of Rameswaram, India, and he became a treasured son as his brothers before him had died in early childhood. He was brought up in Muar, Johor, in a home by the seaside, although he moved to Singapore when, with the crash of the rubber industry, his father lost his job as a clerk in a Johor legal firm. Tragedy struck when Nathan was only eight, when his father killed himself as he was unable to make ends meet for the family.
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