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Ong Teng Cheong (January 22, 1936 - February 8, 2002) was the first elected President of Republic of Singapore.
Chairman of the People's Action Party and secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress, Ong was considered a firm Lee Kuan Yew loyalist. During his tenure in the Ministry of National Development, Ong was a firm champion of the Mass Rapid Transit system. However, soon after his election to the (until then) largely ceremonial post of President in 1993, he became embroiled in a bitter dispute over access to sensitive information over the state of Singapore's financial reserves, and under heavy pressure did not run for a second term as president in 1999.
Mr Ong Teng Cheong passed away on February 8, 2002 aged 66 in Singapore.
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