Chan Sek Keong
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Chan Sek Keong is a prominent Singaporean jurist who served as the country’s third Chief Justice and played a key role in shaping its modern legal system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chan Sek Keong canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief Justice
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judge ⓘ jurist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedBy | S. R. Nathan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Meritorious Service Medal (Singapore)
NERFINISHED
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Order of Temasek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1937-11-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Federated Malay States
NERFINISHED
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Ipoh NERFINISHED ⓘ Perak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Faculty of Law, University of Malaya
NERFINISHED
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St. Michael's Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chinese Singaporean ⓘ |
| familyName | Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
administrative law
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constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ law ⓘ |
| givenName | Sek Keong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Honourable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | SC ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Mandarin ⓘ |
| legalSystemInfluenced | legal system of Singapore ⓘ |
| memberOf | Singapore Bar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Chan Sek Keong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Singaporean ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to Singapore constitutional jurisprudence
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judicial leadership as Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ shaping the modern legal system of Singapore ⓘ |
| occupation |
Chief Justice of Singapore
ⓘ
judge ⓘ jurist ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 2012 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 2006 ⓘ |
| orderInOffice | third Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Attorney-General of Singapore
NERFINISHED
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Chief Justice of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore ⓘ Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Yong Pung How NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residence | Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Sundaresh Menon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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