Who is sellapan ramanathan

He resigned as Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Institute on 17 August , and was appointed, as the only eligible candidate and thus unopposed, President of the Republic of Singapore on 18 August Becoming President Although a Straits Times survey showed that nearly 80 percent of Singaporeans hoped for a contest, Nathan nonetheless took up office unopposed as President on 18 August On 12 July Nathan announced that he was seeking re-election as President. He submitted an eligibility application to the Presidential Elections Committee ; by 6 August three more people had also submitted forms, but on 13 August the Committee announced that the other three applicants had been rejected as ineligible.

Nathan returned unopposed on nomination day, 17 August. He was sworn-in for a second term of office on 1 September Personal life Nathan, a Hindu , is married to Urmila Umi Nandey and has a daughter, a son, and three grandchildren. Er ist der Nachfolger von Ong Teng Cheong. Leben … Deutsch Wikipedia. Juli in Singapur ist das sechste und aktuelle Staatsoberhaupt von Singapur. September vereidigt wurde, S… … Deutsch Wikipedia. Ramanathan — is a South Indian name. The name is derived from Rama a Hindu god and the Sanskrit word nath , meaning lord.

The name ramanathan is given to the hindu god Shiva at rameshwaram, one of the southern most towns in India. Lord Rama worshipped Shiva … Wikipedia. List of Singapore-related topics — This is a list of topics related to Singapore. For a similar list in alphabetical order, see list of Singapore related topics by alphabetical order. Those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes… … Wikipedia.

Politics of Singapore — The politics of Singapore take place in a framework of a parliamentary republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Singapore is the head of government, and of a multi party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. His family had already been in Singapore for three generations by then.

The defeat of Japanese forces in the battles of Kohima and Imphal forced the INA to withdraw and finally surrender to the British in Bose is believed to have died in a plane crash on 18 August in Japanese-occupied Formosa and was cremated in Taihoku in Japan. After the war, on the advice of a British corporal, Nathan went to a military administration workshop and was taken in as a clerk.

Whatever came my way, I took it," he said. When the British left in , he was absorbed in the public works department, despite lacking educational qualifications.

Nathan was a trade union activist and said this gave him the confidence to do things, to fight for rights and to agitate, paving the way for his future in civil service and public life. At the same time, he went for night classes to complete his secondary education. The vice-chancellor of the University of Malaya, whom he had interacted with as a trade union leader, persuaded him to study more and helped him in getting funding for it, enabling him to graduate in Social Studies in After graduating, he became a medical social worker.

Marshall had apparently seen the thesis or was told about it by someone. I agreed," Nathan said. The job also took him to India, where he spent three months in studying the ports in Mumbai, Kolkata, Cochin and Chennai. Nathan recalled another incident at the end of his India stint when he had gone to Delhi to meet the then transport and communications minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. He was kept waiting three days to meet Shastri. The waiting had left me angry, but when I saw him, all my anger vanished.

He was so humble. After a long conversation, he invited me for dinner and when I told him that I wanted to experience Delhi food, Shastri was amused. He summoned an auto rickshaw, which took me to Mughal Mahal.

It was the first time I tasted Tandoori food," he said. Back in Singapore, in , Nathan was seconded to the Labour Research Unit of the Labour Movement, first as assistant director and later as director of the labour research unit until He was also responsible for setting up the National Trade Union Congress.

At the same time, the national wages council also came in to regulate annual increases in such a way that it would not adversely impact the investment climate," he said. With labour issues settling, foreign investors began to look at Singapore as it had an English-speaking workforce as well as a young and educated population that could be trained.

We had laws that protected investments. The first company to come in was Texas Instruments and others followed. Soon the issue of unemployment was addressed," he said. I saw it first hand as our leaders explained our situation to visiting dignitaries.

I was there as a note taker. It was tremendous education. It brought to my attention the nature of the problem we were facing—no hinterland, serious unemployment, trade union agitation, no jobs, no capital—the predicament we were in also inspired me that there was a cause and that cause was worth doing together," he added.

Nathan then did a stint with the ministry of home affairs, moved to the ministry of defence for nine years, before coming back to the foreign ministry as permanent secretary for two years just prior to his retirement from civil service in After returning from the US, he set up the institute of Defence and Strategic Studies at the Nanyang Technological University and served as its director.

Nathan was elected unopposed as President of the Republic of Singapore on 18 August and re-elected for a second term in August In , the Indian government awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman to Nathan recognizing his efforts at building closer links between Singapore and India. You have also been involved with the media—you ran the Straits Times for six years. What is your view on the evolution on the media and the phenomenon of social media today?

Social media gives you the opportunity to say what you want. But you cannot be irresponsible. You have to be legitimate, be able to defend what you say and be prepared to give the other man his point of view. In social media, you say what you like, I say what I like, and you leave it to the person to determine which view he wants.

It is a kind of entertainment. There will be some good things, some irresponsible things and some entertaining things —that is the situation in which we are. Social media is a phenomenon worldwide and not just Singapore.

But question is how do you control it. You have seen Singapore from the days it was a British colony to Japanese occupation to being part of Malaysia and then 50 years of it being an independent country. Where do you see it in the next 50 years?

What are the challenges? The challenge is to get a cohesive population—with social media, with discontent being fanned, with all kinds of expectations coming in with better life—managing these and being realistic is something that we have to bear in mind.

Up to now we have been successful in maintaining racial harmony. But tomorrow you do not know. All it requires in the case of racial tension is some trigger.

We have to be ahead of time on the opportunities. It depends on how we engage the opportunities and how we can be useful to other people.

Singapore is still vulnerable. What do we do if the global economy slumps? We have to be very careful with our reserves as everything has to be imported—even electricity and water. So without money we are nothing and money depends on economic opportunities.