Tony Tan Keng Yam 
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Dr. Tony Tan Keng Yam (born 1940, age 70) is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore. When the then Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, was preparing for his successor, Tan was Lee's preferred successor. Lee, however, left the ultimate decision to the second generation ministers themselves, who chose Goh Chok Tong instead.
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| Tony Tan Keng Yam | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
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| In office August 2003 – September 1, 2005 | |
| President | Sellapan Ramanathan |
| Preceded by | Ong Teng Cheong |
| Succeeded by | Wong Kan Seng |
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| In office August 1, 2003 – September 1, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Newly created |
| Succeeded by | S. Jayakumar (Post renamed Coordinating Minister for National Security) |
| In office 1979 – 2006 | |
| Born | February 07, 1940 (aged 70) Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party (PAP) |
| Alma mater | • University of Singapore • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • University of Adelaide |
| Spouse | Mary Chee Bee Kiang |
| Parents | 4 children: 3 sons and 1 daughter |
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2. Born in Singapore, Tan graduated with a First Class Honours degree from the University of Singapore in 1962, and was the top student in Physics. After obtaining his Master's degree on an Asia Foundation Scholarship from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he returned to his alma mater as a Physics lecturer. Tan went on to pursue his doctoral degree in Applied Mathematics [1] at the University of Adelaide, completing it within two years and returning to serve his alma mater again, this time in the Department of Mathematics.[1]
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3. Contesting under the People's Action Party banner in the 1979 Sembawang by-election, Tan was elected to Parliament, a seat which he would hold until his retirement in 2006, and was appointed Senior Minister of State (Education). He was appointed Minister for Education in June 1980 and concurrently, the Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Singapore (formed as a result of a merger between Nanyang University and the University of Singapore), becoming the youngest Vice-Chancellor in the history of the University. Tan subsequently served as:
- Minister of Finance from October 1983 to January 1985;
- Minister of Education from January 1985 to December 1991;
- Minister of Health from January 1985 to May 1985; and
- Minister for Trade and Industry from May 1985 to February 1986.
In December 1991, he stepped down from the Cabinet to return to the private sector as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation. Tan rejoined the Cabinet in August 1995 and was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence in August 2003.
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4. Tan stepped down as Deputy Prime Minister on September 1, 2005 but continued to retain his seat in Parliament as the Representative for the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency until his retirement in 2006. After his retirement from the cabinet, he became the Chairman of the National Research Foundation and Deputy Chairman of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council. Tan is also the Executive Director of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), and Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH). more... at Wikipedia
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