Wee Chong Jin
Wee Chong Jin | |
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| 黃宗仁 | |
| President of Singapore | |
| Acting 28 March 1985 – 31 March 1985 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Preceded by | Devan Nair |
| Succeeded by | Yeoh Ghim Seng (acting) |
| Acting 12 May 1981 – 14 May 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Sheares |
| Succeeded by | Yeoh Ghim Seng (acting) |
| 1st Chief Justice of Singapore | |
| In office 5 January 1963 – 27 September 1990 | |
| President | Yusof Ishak Yeoh Ghim Seng (acting) Benjamin Sheares Devan Nair Himself (acting) Wee Kim Wee |
| Preceded by | Alan Rose |
| Succeeded by | Yong Pung How |
| Head, Presidential Council for Religious Harmony | |
| In office 1992–2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1917 |
| Died | 5 June 2005 (aged 87) |
| Cause of death | Lung and brain cancer |
| Resting place | Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium |
| Spouse | Cecilia Mary Henderson |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 黃宗仁 |
| Simplified Chinese | 黄宗仁 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Zōngrén |
| Jyutping | Wong4 Zung1 Jan4 |
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Wee Chong Jin (Chinese: 黃宗仁; pinyin: Huáng Zōngrén; 28 September 1917 – 5 June 2005) was a Malayan-born Singaporean jurist who served as a chief justice of Singapore for 27 years, from 1963 to 1990, where he was the first Asian lawyer appointed as a judge to head the Supreme Court of Singapore, and the longest-serving chief justice in the Commonwealth.