David Marshall

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David Marshall was a prominent Singaporean politician and lawyer who became the country’s first Chief Minister and a leading advocate for self-governance.

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David Marshall canonical 1
David Saul Marshall 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief Minister
Singaporean politician
human
lawyer
politician
advocatedFor abolition of the death penalty
self-governance for Singapore
burialPlace Jewish Cemetery, Singapore
countryOfBirth Straits Settlements
countryOfCitizenship Singapore
dateOfBirth 1908-03-12
dateOfDeath 1995-12-12
educatedAt Inns of Court
University of London
education Raffles Institution
St Joseph's Institution
ethnicGroup Iraqi Jews
surface form: Baghdadi Jewish
familyName Marshall
fieldOfWork criminal law
founded Workers' Party of Singapore
fullName David Marshall self-linksurface differs
surface form: David Saul Marshall
givenName David
knownFor anti-colonial activism
criminal defence advocacy
languageSpoken English
French
Malay
memberOf Labour Front
Workers' Party of Singapore
notableFor advocacy for self-governance of Singapore
being the first Chief Minister of Singapore
leadership of the Labour Front
numberOfChildren 4
occupation diplomat
lawyer
politician
officeEndTime 1956-06-07
officeHeld Chief Minister of Singapore, 1955–1956
officeStartTime 1955-04-06
participatedIn Merdeka talks in London
placeOfBirth Singapore
placeOfDeath Singapore
positionHeld Ambassador of Singapore to France
Chief Minister of Singapore
High Commissioner of Singapore to Australia
High Commissioner of Singapore to the United Kingdom
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore
religion Judaism
spouse Jean Mary Marshall

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Baling Talks (unsuccessful negotiations) participant David Marshall
subject surface form: Baling Talks
David Marshall fullName David Marshall self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: David Saul Marshall