Benjamin Sheares

Benjamin Sheares
2nd President of Singapore
In office
2 January 1971 – 12 May 1981
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byYusof Ishak
Succeeded byDevan Nair
Personal details
Born(1907-08-12)12 August 1907
Singapore, Straits Settlements
Died12 May 1981(1981-05-12) (aged 73)
Singapore
Cause of deathLung cancer
Resting placeKranji State Cemetery
NationalitySingaporean
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)Yeo Seh Geok Sheares (m. 1939–1981)
Children3
Alma materKing Edward VII College of Medicine
ProfessionPhysician

Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean physician and politician. He was the second President of Singapore from 1971 until his death in 1981.

Sheares died while in a coma at a hospital in Singapore from problems caused by lung cancer on 12 May 1981, aged 73.

References

  1. ↑ "Remembering Mrs Benjamin Sheares". Duke-NUS. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Singapore. Parliament. Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. (30 December 1970). Election of President of Republic of Singapore (Vol. 30, cols. 378–382); Election of President today. (30 December 1970). The Straits Times, p. 6. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
  3. ↑ Sheares in a coma. (11 May 1981). The Straits Times, p. 1; Lee, P., Ngoo, I., & Bala, K. (13 May 1981). Singapore mourns. The Straits Times, p. 1. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.