Toh Chin Chye

Toh Chin Chye
杜进才
Minister for Health
In office
2 June 1975 – 5 January 1981
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byChua Sian Chin
Succeeded byGoh Chok Tong
Minister for Science and Technology
In office
16 April 1968 – 1 June 1975
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew[1]
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLee Chiaw Meng
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
In office
5 June 1959 – 2 August 1968
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byAbdul Hamid Jumat
(as Deputy Chief Minister)
Succeeded byGoh Keng Swee
Leader of the House
In office
5 June 1959 – 15 April 1968
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byEdmund W. Barker
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Singapore
In office
2 November 1963[2] – 9 August 1965
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Rochor
In office
30 May 1959 – 17 August 1988
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
3rd Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Action Party
In office
20 October 1957 – 8 January 1981
Preceded byTan Chong Kim
Succeeded byOng Teng Cheong
1st Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Action Party
In office
21 November 1954 – 13 August 1957
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTan Chong Kim
Personal details
Born(1921-12-10)10 December 1921
Batu Gajah, Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya, (now Malaysia)
Died3 February 2012(2012-02-03) (aged 90)
Singapore
Resting placeMandai Crematorium and Columbarium
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Spouse
Florence Yeapp Sui Phek
(m. 1962; died 2004)
ChildrenToh Ai Chu (adopted) (died 2009)
Alma materRaffles College
University of London
National Institute for Medical Research

Toh Chin Chye DUNU (Chinese: 杜进才; pinyin: Dù Jìncái; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tō͘ Chìn-châi; 10 December 1921 – 3 February 2012) was a Singaporean statesman and academic who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1968. Toh is widely recognised as one of the founding fathers of Singapore. He was also one of the founders of the People's Action Party (PAP), which has governed the country continuously since independence.

Toh was a prominent member of the country's first generation of political leaders after Singapore became independent in 1965. He had served as Deputy Prime Minister between 1959 and 1968, Minister for Science and Technology between 1968 and 1975, and Minister for Health between 1975 and 1981.

He had also served as Chairman of the People's Action Party between 1954 and 1981, Leader of the House between 1959 and 1968, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) between 1968 and 1975.

After Toh had resigned from the Cabinet in 1981, he continued to serve as a Member of Parliament (MP) on the backbenches.

  1. ^ Poh, Soo Kai (16 February 2012). "On Dr Toh Chin Chye". singaporerebel.blogspot.sg. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  2. ^ "PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES DEWAN RA'AYAT (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) OFFICIAL REPORT" (PDF). Dewan Rakyat. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2019.