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Yusof Ishak

1910 - 1970

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Yusof bin Ishak Al-Haj ( YUUSS-off bin ISS-hahk; 12 August 1910 – 23 November 1970) was a Singaporean journalist and civil servant who served as the head of state of Singapore from 1959 to 1970, as the second Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore between 1959 and 1965 and the first president of Singapore between 1965 and 1970. Born in the Federated Malay States, Yusof received his education in Malaysia and Singapore, graduating from Raffles Institution in 1929. Upon his graduation, he worked in journalism, creating a sports magazine with friends before joining Warta Malaya, a Malay-language daily newspaper. Leaving Warta in 1938, Yusof co-founded Utusan Melayu, a newspaper more centred on Malay issues, in 1939 with other Malay figures in Singapore. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yusof Ishak is the 10,051st most popular politician (down from 7,629th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 17th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Malaysian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yusof Ishak ranks 10,051 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Otto Warburg, Kumba Ialá, Petar Snačić, Yevhen Marchuk, and Dmitry Peskov. After him are Theodoric I, Duke of Upper Lorraine, Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium, Josep Sunyol, Eduardo Mondlane, Patrick Strzoda, and Meir Amit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Yusof Ishak ranks 133. Before him are Howlin' Wolf, Richard Conte, Pierre Bézier, Rachel Kempson, Scatman Crothers, and Carmine Coppola. After him are Helene Mayer, Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, Heinrich Sutermeister, Robert B. Anderson, Jorge Negrete, and Giulietta Simionato. Among people deceased in 1970, Yusof Ishak ranks 116. Before him are Maria Yudina, Charlie Ruggles, Romaine Brooks, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Abraham Zapruder, and Ed Begley. After him are Johannes Heinrich Schultz, James B. Donovan, Hélène Sparrow, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Cathy O'Donnell, and Unica Zürn.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Yusof Ishak ranks 19 out of 90. Before him are Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), Hussein Onn (1922), and Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943). After him are Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930), Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796), Soh Chin Ann (1950), Azlan Shah of Perak (1928), Salahuddin of Selangor (1926), and Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Yusof Ishak ranks 14. Before him are Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), Hussein Onn (1922), and Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943). After him are Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930), Azlan Shah of Perak (1928), Salahuddin of Selangor (1926), Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan (1922), Hisamuddin of Selangor (1898), and Ismail Sabri Yaakob (1960).

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