C V Devan Nair

1981 - 1985

1949-51 Teacher, St. Andrew’s School
1954 Founder member, People’s Action Party and became a member of the Central Executive Committee
1959-60 Political Secretary, Ministry of Education
1960-64 Chairman, Adult Education Board
1964-69 Member, House of Representatives, Malaysia
Founder and Secretary-General, Democratic Action Party, Malaysia
1964-65, 69-79 Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress
1979-81 Member of Parliament
1981-85 President, Republic of Singapore
Chancellor, National University of Singapore

Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, Indiana University
Fellow, Southeast Asia Programme, Cornell University
Consultant, American Federation of Labour-Congress of Industrial Organisations
General Secretary of the Singapore Teachers' Union
Secretary of the Singapore Factory and Shopworkers' Union
Chairman of the Prisons Inquiry Commission
President of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (Asian Regional Organisation)