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Adelaide graduate is new Singapore President

Dr Tony Tan speaking at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s 2004 graduation ceremony at the Ngee Ann-Adelaide Education Centre, Singapore.
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Dr Tony Tan (right) receiving his Distinguished Alumni Award from ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ Chancellor the Hon. John von Doussa QC in 2005.
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide graduate has been elected President of the Republic of Singapore.

Dr Tan has become the 7th President of Singapore following an election on Saturday.

An outstanding alumnus and friend of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, Dr Tan is widely recognised as an exceptional leader and longstanding advocate for educational and cultural relations between ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and Singapore.

Dr Tan received a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide in 1967, and also holds qualifications from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Singapore and MIT.

He has had an illustrious career in both the public and private sectors, including serving 10 years as Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and three years as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation.

In 2004 Dr Tan addressed new graduates at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Singapore graduation ceremony at the .

In 2005 he was awarded the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's , joining the likes of other Singapore recipients and the late .

In championing the educational links between ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and Singapore, Dr Tan supported the formation of the in 2008.

Dr Tan is the second ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide graduate to be elected President in Singapore; the 5th President, and first to be directly elected, was Adelaide architecture graduate Mr Ong Teng Cheong.

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