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Ong Teng Cheong

1936 - 2002

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Ong Teng Cheong (22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002) was a Singaporean statesman, architect and union leader who served as the fifth president of Singapore between 1993 and 1999 after winning the 1993 presidential election. Born when Singapore was a part of the Straits Settlements, Ong was educated at the University of Adelaide and studied architecture. He later received a Colombo Plan scholarship and graduated from the University of Liverpool with a master's degree in urban planning. Prior to his presidency, he was a member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ong Teng Cheong is the 370th most popular architect (up from 421st in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Singapore (down from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Singaporean Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 370 out of 518. Before him are Ralph Erskine, Francesco Laparelli, Peter Joseph Lenné, Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Giuseppe Piermarini, and Victor Laloux. After him are B. V. Doshi, Charles Cameron, Fernand de Montigny, Wang Shu, Daniel Burnham, and John Douglas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 324. Before him are Thelma Hopkins, Victor Lanoux, Troy Donahue, Evelyn Fox Keller, Brian Blessed, and Tomáš Pospíchal. After him are Edén Pastora, Robert W. Floyd, Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Edward Gibson, Brian Hart, and Hans Zender. Among people deceased in 2002, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 191. Before him are Tore Svensson, Kakhi Asatiani, Irán Eory, Ramiro de León Carpio, Robert Urich, and Luise Rinser. After him are John Agar, Hernán Gaviria, Rudolf Augstein, Zaid ibn Shaker, Vitaly Solomin, and Lawrence Tierney.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 17 out of 42. Before him are Julia Nickson (1958), Vanessa-Mae (1978), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Abu Bakar of Johor (1833), Wu Lien-teh (1879), and Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952). After him are Ho Ching (1953), Chin Han (1969), Kygo (1991), Brad Cooper (1954), William Goh (1957), and Leslie Charteris (1907).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Singapore

Among architects born in Singapore, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 1. 

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