C V Devan Nair

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1981 - 1985

 

Education

  • Victoria School, Singapore

 

Career

  • 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

 

Offices held

  • 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)

 

Honours

  • 1963 Bintang Bakti Masharakat (Public Services Star)
  • 1976 Hon. Doctor of Letters (University of Singapore)