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Yusof bin Ishak

Singapore’s first president appointed after independence on August 9, 1965. The presidency was a natural transition as he had been the Yang di-pertuan Negara, or the Head of State of Singapore, since December 9, 1959, after Singapore achieved internal self-government. He passed away on November 23, 1970 due to heart failure during his third term in office, and was given a state funeral, buried with full state honours at the Kranji National Cemetery