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Suppiah Dhanabalan (born August 8, 1937) was a high-profile political leader in Singapore in the 1980s. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Singapore He was appointed to several heavyweight cabinet positions in the 1980s and early 1990s under Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong. Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, CH ( born September 16 1923 also spelled Lee Kwan-Yew) is a Singaporean of Chinese immigrant background Goh Chok Tong ( Hokkien: Gô· Chok-tòng born May 20 1941) was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from

When then Prime Minister Lee was preparing for his successor, he identified a handful of Ministers he considered suitable for the job, including Tony Tan, Ong Teng Cheong, Goh Chok Tong and S Dhanabalan. Tony Tan may refer to Tony Tan Keng Yam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Tony Tan Caktiong, founder of Jollibee Ong Teng Cheong, GCMG ( January 22, 1936 - February 8, 2002) was the first directly elected President of Republic

In his public account of why he chose them and what he felt were their strengths and weaknesses, Lee said his preferred successor was Tony Tan. He felt that while the other three were all of Prime Ministerial material, each had a particular weakness: Goh was too stiff, lacking eloquence in public speaking, and Ong was too closely aligned with the Chinese-speaking masses, lacking appeal to other communities. Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured deliberate manner intended to inform influence or entertain the listeners In the case of Dhanabalan, Lee felt the 76% ethnic Chinese electorate was not yet ready for an Indian Prime Minister. Lee left the ultimate decision to the second generation ministers themselves, who went on to choose Goh.

Dhanabalan is a Singaporean of Tamil Indian descent. Tamil people (also called Tamils or Tamilians) ( are an Ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, a state in India, and the north-eastern India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A devout Christian (Baptist), he is married to Christine Tan Khoon Hiap and they have one son and one daughter. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. [1]

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Education

Early career

Career in politics

Career after politics

Other contributions

References

  1. ^ The Church in Singapore – Time to Distance from the West?

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