Yusof Ishak

E123105
head of state human politician statesman

Yusof Ishak was a Singaporean statesman who became the country’s first president after its independence, symbolizing national unity and multicultural identity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yusof Ishak canonical 2
Yusof bin Ishak 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
appearsOn Portrait Series banknotes ⓘ
surface form: Singapore Portrait Series banknotes
birthName Yusof Ishak self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yusof bin Ishak
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
commemoratedBy Yusof Ishak House at National University of Singapore ⓘ
Yusof Ishak Mosque ⓘ
Yusof Ishak Secondary School ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Singapore ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-08-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1970-11-23 ⓘ
education Raffles Institution ⓘ
ethnicGroup Malay ⓘ
familyName Ishaq ⓘ
surface form: Ishak
featuredOn Singapore dollar ⓘ
surface form: Singapore S$10 banknote

Singapore dollar ⓘ
surface form: Singapore S$2 banknote

Singapore dollar ⓘ
surface form: Singapore S$5 banknote
founded Utusan Melayu ⓘ
givenName Yusof ⓘ
headOfGovernmentDuringTerm Lee Kuan Yew ⓘ
inauguralHolderOfOffice President of Singapore ⓘ
knownFor first President of independent Singapore ⓘ
promotion of multiculturalism in Singapore ⓘ
symbol of national unity in Singapore ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
name Yusof Ishak self-link ⓘ
nationality Singaporean ⓘ
occupation civil servant ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
office President of Singapore ⓘ
orderInOffice 1st President of Singapore ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kuala Kangsar ⓘ
surface form: Kuala Kangsar, Perak

Perak ⓘ
surface form: Perak, Federated Malay States
placeOfDeath Singapore ⓘ
positionHeld President of Singapore ⓘ
predecessorInOffice President of Singapore ⓘ
surface form: Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore
religion Islam ⓘ
residenceWhileInOffice Government House, Singapore ⓘ
surface form: Istana, Singapore
servedAs President of Singapore ⓘ
surface form: Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore
spouse Puan Noor Aishah ⓘ
successorInOffice Benjamin Sheares ⓘ
termEnd 1970-11-23 ⓘ
termEndAsYangDiPertuanNegara 1965-08-09 ⓘ
termStart 1965-08-09 ⓘ
termStartAsYangDiPertuanNegara 1959-12-03 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of Singapore → firstHolder → Yusof Ishak ⓘ
Portrait Series banknotes → featuresPortraitOf → Yusof Ishak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof Ishak → name → Yusof Ishak self-link ⓘ
Yusof Ishak → birthName → Yusof Ishak self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yusof bin Ishak