Singapore: Goh Keng Swee (6 October 1918 - 14 May 2010), Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (r. 1973-1984) with his family as a young child, c. 1920. Goh Keng Swee was the second Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1973 and 1984, and a Member of Parliament for the Kreta Ayer constituency for a quarter of a century. Born in Malacca in the Straits Settlements into a Peranakan family, he came to Singapore at the age of two years. Educated at Raffles College and the London School of Economics and Political Science, his interest in politics began during his time in London.

---

Size: 4300px × 4102px
Photo credit: © Pictures From History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, 1920, 20th, asia, asian, baba, black, boy, british, bw, century, child, chinese, deputy, diaspora, family, goh, government, historical, history, image, images, independence, keng, malacca, member, minister, mp, nonya, nyonya, official, overseas, parliament, peranakan, photo, photograph, picture, pictures, politician, prime, settlements, singapore, singaporean, southeast, straits, swee, white