Benjamin Sheares
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Benjamin Sheares
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Benjamin Henry Sheares was a Singaporean physician and academic who served as the second president of Singapore from 1971 until his death in 1981. Sheares retired in 1960 and was in private practice before being elected as the president of Singapore by the Parliament after the death of Yusof Ishak, the former president of the Republic, on 23 November 1970. He was sworn in on 2 January 1971. Sheares initially wanted to retire after finishing his second term as he felt that he did not have the ene
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Singaporean politician, physician and academic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Sheares
date created:
2004-08-07T03:34:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T05:00:40Z
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