S. R. Nathan, the country’s sixth and longest-serving president passed away at the age of 92 on Monday (22 August) at the Singapore’s General Hospital, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.
In light of the news of his passing, Singapore political leaders had been posting their condolences on their Facebook account. Here are some of them :
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Chan Chun Sing
Minister for Communications and Information Yacoob Ibrahim
Minister for Culture, Community, and Youth Grace Fu Hai Yien
Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen
Acting Minister for Education (School) Ng Chee Meng
Acting Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) Ong Ye Kung
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli
Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong
Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam
Minister for Manpower Lim Swee Say
Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong
Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin
The Worker’s Party
MP for Aljunied GRC Pritam Singh
MP for Aljunied GRC Sylvia Lim
Worker’s Party Non-constituency Member of Parliament Gerald Giam
Worker’s Party Non-constituency Member of Parliament Leon Perera
Worker’s Party Non-constituency Member of Parliament Dennis Tan Lip Fong
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