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Wee Kim Wee

1915 - 2005

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Wee Kim Wee (Chinese: 黄金辉; pinyin: Huáng Jīnhuī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ Kim-hui; 4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005) was a Singaporean journalist and diplomat who served as the fourth president of Singapore between 1985 and 1993. Prior to his presidency, Wee served as Singapore's High Commissioner to Malaysia between 1973 and 1980, Ambassador to Japan between 1980 and 1984, and Ambassador to the South Korea between 1981 and 1984 before being elected by the Parliament. For the ensuing initial presidential election, the first in Singapore to be decided by popular vote, Wee decided not to contest and retired after his second term had ended. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wee Kim Wee has received more than 403,594 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Wee Kim Wee is the 10,852nd most popular politician (up from 11,014th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Singapore and the 8th most popular Singaporean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wee Kim Wee ranks 10,852 out of 15,577Before him are Ramón Castilla, Henry III the White, Mireya Moscoso, Sadako Ogata, Teres I, and José Antonio Kast. After him are Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Sourou-Migan Apithy, Wang Yang, Jaan Tõnisson, and Mikuláš Dzurinda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Wee Kim Wee ranks 124Before him are Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Hoàng Văn Thái, John Tukey, Tim, John C. Lilly, and Helmut Wick. After him are Eddie Bracken, Alberto Burri, Karl Leisner, Saifuddin Azizi, Liisi Oterma, and Vítězslava Kaprálová. Among people deceased in 2005, Wee Kim Wee ranks 137Before him are Leo Sternbach, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Romano Scarpa, Yevgeny Grishin, Tilly Fleischer, and Link Wray. After him are Jacques Villeret, Shoji Nishio, Stanley Williams, Zainab al Ghazali, John Spencer, and Eduardo Paolozzi.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Wee Kim Wee ranks 9 out of 35Before him are Lee Hsien Loong (1952), Parameswara (1344), Goh Chok Tong (1941), Tony Tan (1940), S. R. Nathan (1924), and Vanessa-Mae (1978). After him are Ong Teng Cheong (1936), Benjamin Sheares (1907), Julia Nickson (1958), Leslie Charteris (1907), Ho Ching (1953), and Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952).

Among POLITICIANS In Singapore

Among politicians born in Singapore, Wee Kim Wee ranks 8Before him are Halimah Yacob (1954), Lee Hsien Loong (1952), Parameswara (1344), Goh Chok Tong (1941), Tony Tan (1940), and S. R. Nathan (1924). After him are Benjamin Sheares (1907), Ho Ching (1953), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), and David Marshall (1908).