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Goh Chok Tong

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Goh Chok Tong, 1941–, prime minister of Singapore Singapore , officially Republic of Singapore, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,426,000), 240 sq mi (625 sq km). It consists of the island of Singapore (210 sq mi/544 sq km) and about 60 small adjacent islands at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, SE Asia.
..... Click the link for more information.  (1990–2004). After holding government and business positions, he was elected to Singapore's parliament in 1976 and served in the cabinet and People's Action party leadership from 1979. In 1985 he became minister of defense and deputy prime minister, and five years later he succeeded Lee Kuan Yew Lee Kuan Yew , 1923–, prime minister of Singapore (1959–90). Educated in England as a lawyer, he founded (1954) the moderately leftist People's Action party.
..... Click the link for more information.  as prime minister. Less authoritarian than Lee, Goh saw Singapore through the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the turmoil attending the 2003–3 SARS SARS or severe acute respiratory syndrome, communicable viral disease that can progress to a potentially fatal pneumonia. The first symptoms of SARS are usually a high fever, headache and body aches, sore throat, and mild respiratory symptoms;
..... Click the link for more information.  outbreak. He was succeeded by Lee Hsien Loong, his predecessor's son, and became Senior Minister after resigning as prime minister.
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According to a statement by Singapore's Foreign Ministry, Dr Mohieldin will call on Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, and meet Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zainul Abidin Rasheed.
Egypt's Investment Minister to visit Singapore by UMCI News (Potomac Falls, VA)
Former Singapore prime minister Goh Chok Tong visited Myanmar, officials said, amid international pressure on the military regime to halt its trial of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
Former Singapore PM visits Myanmar: officials by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
In his meeting with Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong on Monday, he briefed Goh ''on economic developments in North Korea and possible investment opportunities for Singapore companies,'' the government said.
N. Korea, Singapore ink investment guarantee pact by Asian Economic News
 
 
 
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