Tony Tan

Tony Tan Keng Yam ( born February 7, 1940 in Singapore ) is a Singaporean politician and, since 1 September 2011, president of the city-state.

Life

Tan studied economics and mathematics at the National University of Singapore, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the University of Adelaide.

From February 11, 1979 to September 3, 1988, Tan MP in the Parliament of Singapore. From 1983 to 1985 he was Minister of Finance and then to 1991, Minister of Education in Singapore. 1995 Tan was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, he held this post until 2005. In addition, he was Minister of Defense from 1995 to 2003 in the country. Tony Tan was a member of the party People's Action Party, but resigned in June 2011 in the course of his presidential candidacy of the ruling party from.

Tan was to July 1, 2011 Chairman of the State Singaporean company Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and the state media company Singapore Press. End of August 2011 Tan won the presidential election and since September 1, 2011 President of Singapore. He succeeds by Sellapan Ramanathan, who had held the office occupied for 12 years.

Since 1964, Tony Tan is married to Mary Chee Bee Kiang and has four children.