Proclamation of Singapore | |
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Created | 7 August 1965 |
Location | The Secretary-General of the United Nations acting in his capacity as depositary the following:[1] (English) and (French), Registered Nr. I-8206 |
Author(s) | Edmund W. Barker |
Signatories | Lee Kuan Yew and Tunku Abdul Rahman |
The Proclamation of Singapore is an annex of the Agreement relating to the separation of Singapore from Malaysia as an independent and sovereign state dated 7 August 1965 between the Government of Malaysia and government of Singapore, and an act to amend the Constitution of Malaysia and the Malaysia Act on 9 August 1965 signed by the King of Malaysia, and read on the day of separation from Malaysia, which was 9 August 1965, by Lee Kuan Yew, the first Singaporean prime minister.