Devan Nair
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title:
Devan Nair
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Chengara Veetil Devan Nair, also known as C. V. Devan Nair, better known as Devan Nair, was a Singaporean politician and union leader who served as the third president of Singapore from 1981 until his resignation in 1985. Politically active in both Malaysia and Singapore, Nair was a communist as a young adult, having been affiliated with the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). He harboured anti-colonial sentiments and campaigned for the self-determination of Singapore, which was then a British colony
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Malaysian-Singaporean politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devan_Nair
date created:
2004-08-21T14:57:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T18:19:26Z
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