Lim Yew Hock

Tun Lim Yew Hock ( pinyin: Lin Youfu; * 1914 in Singapore, † November 30, 1984 in Saudi Arabia ) was a Singaporean politician and 1956-1959 second and also the last Chief Minister of the then British colony of Singapore.

Life

Lim worked as a trade unionist and among other representative in the Legislative Council of a union. In 1955 he became MP for the Legislativerversammlung represented in this until 1959, the constituency of Havelock.

On April 6, 1955, he was appointed by Chief Minister David Saul Marshall as Minister in the Cabinet and was finally adopted on June 8, 1956 Marshall's successor as Chief Minister after he had resigned because of the failed talks on the sovereignty of Singapore from the UK.

In 1957 he took part in a conference on the Constitution of Singapore at Lancaster House in London and reached the granting of a largely self-government. During his tenure, he suppressed both communist and anti -British movements in Singapore.

In the elections for parliament in 1959 led by his Singapore People's Alliance suffered a defeat against the People's Action Party (PAP ) of Lee Kuan Yew, who then on June 5, 1959 Singapore's first prime minister. He himself, however, was again nominated for the Members of Parliament and represented now as the successor of David Saul Marshall until 1963 the constituency Cairnhill.

In 1963 he was appointed by Prime Minister Lee High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaysia, whose member was Singapore, Australia, and held this position until the end of the Federation on 9 August 1965.

Later, Lim converted to Islam and settled in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, where he worked for the resident Islamic Development Bank.