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Goh Chok Tong

1941 - Today

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Goh Chok Tong (born 20 May 1941) is a Singaporean former politician who served as the second prime minister of Singapore from 1990 to 2004 and as a senior minister of Singapore from 2004 to 2011. He served as the secretary-general of the People's Action Party (PAP) from 1992 to 2004 and was the member of Parliament (MP) for Marine Parade SMC from 1976 to 1988, and Marine Parade GRC from 1988 to 2020. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he was the country's deputy prime minister, where he advocated for the Medisave, a savings scheme that allows Singaporeans to set aside part of their income into a Medisave account to meet future medical expenses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Goh Chok Tong has received more than 1,487,507 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Goh Chok Tong is the 5,277th most popular politician (down from 5,226th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Singapore and the 5th most popular Singaporean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Goh Chok Tong ranks 5,277 out of 19,576. Before him are Laurent Fabius, Eleanor of Navarre, Vasile Lupu, Franz Walter Stahlecker, Sahib I Giray, and Moussa Traoré. After him are Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Bettino Ricasoli, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Jan Zamoyski, Sisavang Vatthana, and Emílio Garrastazu Médici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Goh Chok Tong ranks 116. Before him are David Warner, Roger Lemerre, Ann-Margret, Stephen Jay Gould, Robert Wilson, and Abdelkader Bensalah. After him are Jorge Solari, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Peter Coyote, Adrian Lyne, Barbet Schroeder, and Barbara Brylska.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Goh Chok Tong ranks 5 out of 42. Before him are Lee Kuan Yew (1923), Halimah Yacob (1954), Tony Tan (1940), and Lee Hsien Loong (1952). After him are Parameswara (1344), S. R. Nathan (1924), Vanessa-Mae (1978), Wu Lien-teh (1879), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), and Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Singapore

Among politicians born in Singapore, Goh Chok Tong ranks 5. Before him are Lee Kuan Yew (1923), Halimah Yacob (1954), Tony Tan (1940), and Lee Hsien Loong (1952). After him are Parameswara (1344), S. R. Nathan (1924), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Ho Ching (1953), and Benjamin Sheares (1907).

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