Sellapan Rama Nathan

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Sellapan Ramanathan Order: 6th President Term of Office: August 18, 1999 - Present Date of Birth July 3, 1924 Place of Birth: Singapore Wife: Urmila (Umi) Nandey

Sellapan Ramanathan (born July 3, 1924) is the sixth and current President of Singapore. Often referred as S.R. Nathan, the President was elected on 18 August 1999, uncontested, which he succeeded Ong Teng Cheong.

He attended the University of Malaya (then in Singapore) where he graduated in 1954.

He was also the Singapore Ambassador to the United States in 1991.

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