Singapore: Heads of State: 1959-2024 - Archontology
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Singapore: Heads of State: 1959-2024

Ethnic names are given in parentheses.
Yang di-Pertuan Negara Singapura = Yang di-Pertuan Negara of the State of Singapore
3 Jun 1959 - 3 Dec 1959 Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode
3 Dec 1959 - 22 Dec 1965 Yusof bin Ishak
Presiden Republik Singapura = President of the Republic of Singapore = Xīnjiāpō Zǒngtǒng
22 Dec 1965 - 23 Nov 1970 Yusof bin Ishak 
Person exercising the functions of the President
23 Nov 1970 - 2 Jan 1971 Yeoh Ghim Seng (Yáng Jǐnchéng)
Presiden Republik Singapura = President of the Republic of Singapore = Xīnjiāpō Zǒngtǒng
2 Jan 1971 - 12 May 1981 Benjamin Henry Sheares
Person appointed to exercise the functions of the President
12 May 1981 - 24 Oct 1981 Yeoh Ghim Seng (Yáng Jǐnchéng) 
Presiden Republik Singapura = President of the Republic of Singapore = Xīnjiāpō Zǒngtǒng
24 Oct 1981 - 27 Mar 1985 Chengara Veetil Devan Nair (Ceñgārā Vīṭiḷ Dēvan Nāyar)
Person appointed to exercise the functions of the President
27 Mar 1985 - 29 Mar 1985 Wee Chong Jin (Huáng Zōngrén)
29 Mar 1985 - 1 Sep 1985 Yeoh Ghim Seng (Yáng Jǐnchéng) 
Presiden Republik Singapura = President of the Republic of Singapore = Xīnjiāpō Zǒngtǒng
1 Sep 1985 - 1 Sep 1993 Wee Kim Wee (Huáng Jīnhuī)
1 Sep 1993 - 1 Sep 1999 Ong Teng Cheong (Wáng Dǐngchāng)
1 Sep 1999 - 1 Sep 2011 Sellapan Ramanathan (Cellappaṉ Rāmanātaṉ) [1]
1 Sep 2011 - 1 Sep 2017 Tony Tan Keng Yam (Chén Qìngyán)
Person exercising the functions of the President
1 Sep 2017 - 14 Sep 2017 Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay (Jōcap Yuvarāj Piḷḷai)
Presiden Republik Singapura = President of the Republic of Singapore = Xīnjiāpō Zǒngtǒng
14 Sep 2017 - Halimah Yacob

[1] Cellappaṉ Rāmanātaṉ is the name in Tamil; in most official use: S R Nathan.