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class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2 First presidential term (1967–1970) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First_presidential_term_(1967–1970)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Death_in_office" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Death_in_office"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2.1 Death in office </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Death_in_office-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life_and_views" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life_and_views"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Personal life and views </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Personal_life_and_views-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Personal life and views subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Personal_life_and_views-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item 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</div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle References subsection </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.1 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.2 Citations </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.3 Bibliography </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li 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Available in 34 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-34" aria-hidden="true" > 34 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%82" title="يوسف بن إسحاق – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="يوسف بن إسحاق" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_bin_Ishak" title="Yusof bin Ishak – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Yusof bin Ishak" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_bin_%C4%B0shak" title="Yusof bin İshak – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yusof bin İshak" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AB_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95" title="ইউসুফ ইসহাক – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইউসুফ ইসহাক" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_Ishak" title="Yusof Ishak – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Yusof Ishak" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_bin_Ishak" title="Yusof bin Ishak – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Yusof bin Ishak" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_Ishak" title="Yusof Ishak – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Yusof Ishak" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_Ishak" title="Yusof Ishak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Yusof Ishak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%82" title="یوسف بن اسحاق – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="یوسف بن اسحاق" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_Ishak" title="Yusof Ishak – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Yusof Ishak" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%A0%EC%86%9D_%EB%B9%88_%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%95%99" title="유솝 빈 이스학 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="유솝 빈 이스학" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AB_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95" title="एन्चिक यूसोफ बिन इशाक – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="एन्चिक यूसोफ बिन इशाक" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_bin_Ishak" title="Yusof bin Ishak – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Yusof bin Ishak" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_Ishak" title="Yusof Ishak – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Yusof Ishak" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_Ishak" title="Yusof Ishak – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Yusof Ishak" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A3_%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%97%D7%90%D7%A7" title="יוסוף בן אסחאק – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יוסוף בן אסחאק" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A4_%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="იუსუფ ბინ ისჰაკი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იუსუფ ბინ ისჰაკი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D" title="യൂസുഫ് ബിൻ ഇഷാക് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="യൂസുഫ് ബിൻ ഇഷാക്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%82" title="يوسف بن اسحاق – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="يوسف بن اسحاق" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_Ishak" title="Yusof Ishak – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Yusof Ishak" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_bin_Ishak" title="Yusuf bin Ishak – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Yusuf bin Ishak" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target">Minangkabau</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF" title="ユソフ・ビン・イサーク – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ユソフ・ビン・イサーク" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_bin_Ishak" title="Yusof bin Ishak – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Yusof bin Ishak" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encik_Yusof_bin_Ishak" title="Encik Yusof bin Ishak – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Encik Yusof bin Ishak" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encik_Yusof_bin_Ishak" title="Encik Yusof bin Ishak – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Encik Yusof bin Ishak" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusof_bin_Ishak" title="Yusof bin Ishak – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Yusof bin Ishak" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Runa Simi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%84_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%98%D1%81%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Юсоф бин Исхак – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Юсоф бин Исхак" 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1965 – 23 November 1970</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Prime Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew" title="Lee Kuan Yew">Lee Kuan Yew</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data">Office established</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Sheares" title="Benjamin Sheares">Benjamin Sheares</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">2nd <a href="/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Negara_of_Singapore" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore">Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 3 December 1959 – 9 August 1965</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarchs</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> <a href="/wiki/Putra_of_Perlis" title="Putra of Perlis">Putra of Perlis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Prime Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew" title="Lee Kuan Yew">Lee Kuan Yew</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Allmond_Codrington_Goode" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode">Sir William Goode</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data">Position abolished</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Yusof bin Ishak Al-Haj</div> (1910-08-12)12 August 1910 <a href="/wiki/Padang_Gajah" title="Padang Gajah">Padang Gajah</a>, Terong, Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Federated Malay States (present-day <a href="/wiki/Perak,_Malaysia" class="mw-redirect" title="Perak, Malaysia">Perak, Malaysia</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">23 November 1970(1970-11-23) (aged 60) <a href="/wiki/Singapore_General_Hospital" title="Singapore General Hospital">Singapore General Hospital</a>, Singapore</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Heart_failure" title="Heart failure">Heart failure</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Kranji_State_Cemetery" title="Kranji State Cemetery">Kranji State Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Noor_Aishah_Mohammad_Salim" title="Noor Aishah Mohammad Salim">Noor Aishah Mohammad Salim</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style>1949)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aziz_Ishak" title="Aziz Ishak">Aziz Ishak</a> (younger brother) <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rahim_Ishak" title="Abdul Rahim Ishak">Abdul Rahim Ishak</a> (younger brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ishak_bin_Ahmad" title="Ishak bin Ahmad">Ishak bin Ahmad</a> (father)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_School" title="Victoria School">Victoria Bridge School</a> <a href="/wiki/Raffles_Institution" title="Raffles Institution">Raffles Institution</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Journalist</li><li>civil servant</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> Yusof bin Ishak (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈjʊsɒf bɪn ˈɪshɑːk/</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key">YUUSS-off bin ISS-hahk</a>; 12 August 1910 – 23 November 1970) was a Singaporean journalist and civil servant who served as the second <a href="/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Negara_of_Singapore" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore">Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore</a> from 1959 to 1965 and the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Singapore" title="President of Singapore">president of Singapore</a> between 1965 and 1970, both roles serving as the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> of Singapore. Born in the <a href="/wiki/Federated_Malay_States" title="Federated Malay States">Federated Malay States</a>, Yusof had his education in Malaysia and Singapore, graduating from <a href="/wiki/Raffles_Institution" title="Raffles Institution">Raffles Institution</a> in 1929. Upon his graduation, he worked in journalism, creating a sports magazine with friends before joining <a href="/wiki/Warta_Malaya" title="Warta Malaya">Warta Malaya</a>, a Malay-language daily newspaper. Leaving Warta in 1938, Yusof co-founded <a href="/wiki/Utusan_Malaysia" title="Utusan Malaysia">Utusan Melayu</a>, a newspaper more centred on Malay issues, in 1939 with other Malay figures in Singapore. He was a central figure in Utusan's success, staying with the newspaper for two decades. He left in 1959 following conflicts between Utusan and <a href="/wiki/UMNO" title="UMNO">UMNO</a>, which ultimately led to UMNO buying all the shares of Utusan. Yusof returned to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur, where Utusan was located, and was invited to serve as chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Public_Service_Commission_(Singapore)" title="Public Service Commission (Singapore)">Public Service Commission</a> by then-<a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Singapore" title="Prime Minister of Singapore">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew" title="Lee Kuan Yew">Lee Kuan Yew</a>. On 3 December 1959, he subsequently succeeded <a href="/wiki/William_Goode_(colonial_administrator)" title="William Goode (colonial administrator)">Sir William Goode</a> as <a href="/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Negara" title="Yang di-Pertuan Negara">Yang di-Pertuan Negara</a> after the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Action_Party" title="People's Action Party">People's Action Party</a> (PAP) won the <a href="/wiki/1959_Singaporean_general_election" title="1959 Singaporean general election">1959 general election</a>. He would serve in this role until 1965, when <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_Singapore_Agreement_1965" title="Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965">Singapore gained independence</a> and the Yang di-Pertuan Negara was succeeded by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Singapore" title="President of Singapore">president of Singapore</a>. Yusof served three terms in office (2 as Yang di-Pertuan Negara) before he died on 23 November 1970 due to heart failure. During his presidency, he was known for his multi-racial beliefs, especially in the 1960s, when he was a strong supporter of <a href="/wiki/Singapore_in_Malaysia#Prelude_to_merger" title="Singapore in Malaysia">Singapore's merger with Malaysia</a>. Even after <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_Singapore_Agreement_1965" title="Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965">Singapore's independence following its split with Malaysia</a>, he continued to spread the idea of a multi-racial society. Yusof also believed in education and supported talks on religion. Following his death, he was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Sheares" title="Benjamin Sheares">Benjamin Sheares</a> on 2 January 1971. Several places in Singapore bear his name and his portrait appears on the <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Portrait_Series_currency_notes" title="Singapore Portrait Series currency notes">Singapore Portrait Series currency notes</a> introduced in 1999. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yusof_Ishak_and_his_family,_1933.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Yusof_Ishak_and_his_family%2C_1933.jpg/260px-Yusof_Ishak_and_his_family%2C_1933.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Yusof_Ishak_and_his_family%2C_1933.jpg/390px-Yusof_Ishak_and_his_family%2C_1933.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Yusof_Ishak_and_his_family%2C_1933.jpg/520px-Yusof_Ishak_and_his_family%2C_1933.jpg 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="377" /></a><figcaption>Yusof (back row, middle) and his family in 1933</figcaption></figure> Yusof was born on 12 August 1910 in <a href="/wiki/Padang_Gajah" title="Padang Gajah">Padang Gajah</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Kampong" title="Kampong">kampong village</a> in <a href="/wiki/Terong" title="Terong">Terong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larut,_Matang_and_Selama_District" title="Larut, Matang and Selama District">Larut, Matang and Selama District</a>, Perak, which was then a part of the <a href="/wiki/Federated_Malay_States" title="Federated Malay States">Federated Malay States</a> (present-day Malaysia). The eldest son of nine siblings, Yusof was of <a href="/wiki/Malays_(ethnic_group)" title="Malays (ethnic group)">Malay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra">Sumatran</a> descent. His father was of <a href="/wiki/Minangkabau_people" title="Minangkabau people">Minangkabau</a> descent who lived in Penang before moving to Perak whilst his mother was of Malay descent who came from <a href="/wiki/Langkat_Regency" title="Langkat Regency">Langkat</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Sumatra" title="North Sumatra">North Sumatra</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-1">[1]</a> Yusof and his family lived in government housing in McNair Road.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015180-2">[2]</a> His father was <a href="/wiki/Ishak_bin_Ahmad" title="Ishak bin Ahmad">Ishak bin Ahmad</a>, a civil servant who held the post of Acting Director of Fisheries.<a href="#cite_note-:0-1">[1]</a> His younger brothers, <a href="/wiki/Aziz_Ishak" title="Aziz Ishak">Aziz Ishak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rahim_Ishak" title="Abdul Rahim Ishak">Abdul Rahim Ishak</a>, were active in politics in Malaysia and Singapore respectively.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> Yusof received his early education at the Malay School and <a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VII_School_(Taiping)" class="mw-redirect" title="King Edward VII School (Taiping)">King Edward VII School</a>, both in Taiping, Perak. In 1923, when his family moved to the <a href="/wiki/Singapore_in_the_Straits_Settlements" title="Singapore in the Straits Settlements">Straits Settlements</a> (present-day Singapore) after his father was posted there, Yusof studied at <a href="/wiki/Victoria_School" title="Victoria School">Victoria Bridge School</a>. In 1924, he was enrolled in <a href="/wiki/Raffles_Institution" title="Raffles Institution">Raffles Institution</a> (RI) for his secondary education.<a href="#cite_note-:4-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-6">[6]</a> During his time in RI, he played various sports such as swimming, weight lifting, water-polo, boxing, hockey, baseball, and cricket. A member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Cadet_Corps_(Singapore)" title="National Cadet Corps (Singapore)">National Cadet Corps</a>, Yusof became the first student to be made an officer, specifically a <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a>. He was also a part of The Rafflesian, a <a href="/wiki/Student_publication" title="Student publication">school newspaper</a>, as a co-editor and a prefect.<a href="#cite_note-:1-7">[7]</a> In sports, he also won the <a href="/wiki/Aw_Boon_Par" title="Aw Boon Par">Aw Boon Par Cup</a> in boxing and was the national weightlifting champion in 1932 and 1933, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-:6-8">[8]</a> In 1927, Yusof passed his Cambridge School Certificate examination with distinctions and entered the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Scholar_(British_Malaya_and_Singapore)" title="Queen's Scholar (British Malaya and Singapore)">Queen's Scholarship</a> Class in RI. He was one of 13 students in the Queen's Scholarship Class, along with being the only Malay student. He studied at RI for two more years, graduating in 1929 when he was unable to get the scholarship.<a href="#cite_note-:1-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-9">[9]</a> Yusof initially wanted to pursue law, but was unable too after his study application in London was turned down and his father could not afford to send him to study abroad. Instead, Yusof started working in the police force in Kuala Lumpur as a trainee cadet. Yusof was promised promotion to an officer by the Police Commissioner. However, he was later denied the promotion after an incident where he confronted a member of the royal family who mistreated his juniors. Yusof left the police force soon after and returned to Singapore.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015180-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENik_Ahmad196362-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZainul_AbidinNorshahril20165-11">[11]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Journalism_career">Journalism career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Journalism career">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sportsman_magazine_-_010930.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Sportsman_magazine_-_010930.jpg/250px-Sportsman_magazine_-_010930.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Sportsman_magazine_-_010930.jpg/330px-Sportsman_magazine_-_010930.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Sportsman_magazine_-_010930.jpg/500px-Sportsman_magazine_-_010930.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1056" data-file-height="1463" /></a><figcaption>1 September 1930 publication of Sportsman</figcaption></figure> After leaving the police force, he returned to Singapore. He began his journalism career after he partnered with two of his Chinese friends – Ong Chin Beng and Soh Swee Tuck – to publish Sportsman, a <a href="/wiki/Fortnight" title="Fortnight">fortnightly</a> <a href="/wiki/Sports_magazine" title="Sports magazine">sports magazine</a> devoted entirely to sports.<a href="#cite_note-:2-9">[9]</a> In 1932, Yusof joined <a href="/wiki/Warta_Malaya" title="Warta Malaya">Warta Malaya</a>, a Malay newspaper with the highest <a href="/wiki/Print_circulation" title="Print circulation">circulation</a> during that time, after his friend Syed Hussein bin Ali Alsagoff invited him to join it.<a href="#cite_note-:3-12">[12]</a> He worked at Warta for eight years, becoming a manager. During his time there, Warta Malaya was heavily influenced by developments in the Middle East and Yusof wanted a newspaper more dedicated to Malay issues; the other largest Malay newspaper was Jawi Peranakan, which was run by Muslims of Indian descent.<a href="#cite_note-MalayNewspaper-13">[13]</a> In 1938, Yusof was among a group of twenty other Malays who met up at the home of the president of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Singapore_Malay_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Singapore Malay Association (page does not exist)">Singapore Malay Association</a> to discuss creating a Malay newspaper that was owned by Malays.<a href="#cite_note-15">[a]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENik_Ahmad196362-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015180-2">[2]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creating_Utusan_Melayu">Creating Utusan Melayu</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Creating Utusan Melayu">edit</a>]</div> They discussed the feasibility of this idea and whether they would be enough funds for it, given that another member attempted the same idea in 1937 but had to shut down due to a lack of support. Yusof was assigned with gathering funds and expertise from the Malay community for this project.<a href="#cite_note-:3-12">[12]</a> To raise funds, Yusof and other members travelled around Singapore, Johor, and Kuala Lumpur to sell <a href="/wiki/Share_(finance)" title="Share (finance)">shares</a> for the newspapers; they were only able to sell a few. They also visited mosques weekly and held talks to the congregation about their newspaper, usually receiving a lukewarm reception. Their deadline to gather the money was approaching soon and if they were not able to, their project would have failed. To help with the remaining money, members <a href="/wiki/Ambo_Sooloh" title="Ambo Sooloh">Ambo Sooloh</a> and Daud J. P. raised <a href="/wiki/Singapore_dollar" title="Singapore dollar">S$</a>8,500 between themselves, saving the project; in total, S$18,000 was raised.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENik_Ahmad196364-16">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015181-17">[16]</a> In May 1939, Yusof and other Malay figures, including Sooloh and <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rahim_Kajai" title="Abdul Rahim Kajai">Abdul Rahim Kajai</a>, successfully founded <a href="/wiki/Utusan_Melayu" class="mw-redirect" title="Utusan Melayu">Utusan Melayu</a>, with Yusof serving as its first managing director.<a href="#cite_note-:2-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENik_Ahmad196362-10">[10]</a> He also rented out a cheap office in <a href="/wiki/Queen_Street,_Singapore" title="Queen Street, Singapore">Queen Street</a>, the then-<a href="/wiki/Red-light_district" title="Red-light district">red-light district</a> in Singapore, and a moveable <a href="/wiki/Jawi_script" title="Jawi script">jawi</a> <a href="/wiki/Flat_bed_press" class="mw-redirect" title="Flat bed press">flatbed press</a> from Hong Kong.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015182-18">[17]</a> Initial sales were low, but Yusof and the other members continued to work twelve hour workdays for the whole week. Utusan's sales would eventually improve.<a href="#cite_note-:12-19">[18]</a> Under his management, he was described as "the driving force of Utusan Melayu". Writers were punished for writing or grammar mistakes and were corrected while inactive reporters were fired immediately, but received a month's pay. During the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>, despite suffering a decrease in staff and frequent bombing from the Japanese, Yusof and other staff continued to publish Utusan Melayu. According to one account, during the <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Singapore_(1941)" title="Bombing of Singapore (1941)">bombings of 1941</a>, Yusof ignored the <a href="/wiki/Air_raid_sirens" class="mw-redirect" title="Air raid sirens">air-raid sirens</a> and made the staff continue working on Utusan. A lookout had been placed on the roof and, only when the planes were directly overhead, would Yusof allow the staff to head to the bomb shelters. This allowed Utusan to remain on schedule even during the war.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015182-18">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENik_Ahmad196369-20">[19]</a> His editorial policy at Utusan was Malay-Muslim centred, <a href="/wiki/Multi-racial" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-racial">multi-racial</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Progressivism" title="Progressivism">progressive</a>, and he supported education in the Malay community. Due to his beliefs of multi-racialism and <a href="/wiki/Racial_equality" title="Racial equality">racial equality</a>, he was considered controversial in the Malay community as he never blamed issues with the Malay on other communities nor did he defend the Malay royal families.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015182-18">[17]</a> By 1958, Utusan's daily circulation would be 30,000, the largest amount ever reached by any Malay newspaper at that time.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENik_Ahmad196372-21">[20]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beritamalai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Beritamalai.jpg/250px-Beritamalai.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Beritamalai.jpg/330px-Beritamalai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Beritamalai.jpg/500px-Beritamalai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="722" data-file-height="907" /></a><figcaption>Logo of Berita Malai</figcaption></figure> Two days before the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Singapore" title="Fall of Singapore">fall of Singapore</a>, Utusan had only printed about fifty copies. Despite that, Yusof went around with three other staff members to distribute the newspaper themselves. At the start of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore" title="Japanese occupation of Singapore">Japanese occupation</a>, Utusan Melayu stopped circulation as machinery used to print the paper was requisitioned by the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces" title="Japan Self-Defense Forces">Japanese military</a> to publish a Japanese newspaper instead.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENik_Ahmad196369-20">[19]</a> During the occupation, Yusof was detained by the Japanese for two weeks. He was released but ordered to work at Berita Malai, a newspaper that was run by the Japanese, as an editor. He worked there till 1943, when he fell ill and returned back to <a href="/wiki/Taiping,_Perak" title="Taiping, Perak">Taiping, Perak</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:4-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-:12-19">[18]</a> After the war ended in 1945, Yusof helped to reestablish Utusan alongside some other members. Although they lost their machines to make newspapers, they managed to republish the paper by 10 September, five days after British forces returned to Singapore, by printing at the <a href="/wiki/The_Straits_Times" title="The Straits Times">Straits Times Printing Press</a>. Yusof returned to Singapore on 17 September to take over management and editing of Utusan from Ramli Haji Tahir. During this time, Utusan moved its headquarters to Cecil Street and recovered two of their old machines.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENik_Ahmad196371-22">[21]</a> In 1948, Yusof addressed the ban on Utusan Zaman, a Singaporean newspaper, in Indonesia.<a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a> In 1949, Utusan celebrated its tenth anniversary, and Yusof gave a speech where he stated that "[Utusan's] 130 employees owned more than 25 per cent of the firm's total capital", further stating that it "was perhaps the only newspaper in the world in which 95 per cent of the employees were shareholders".<a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_Kuan_Yew_at_Laycock_and_Ong,_1952_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Lee_Kuan_Yew_at_Laycock_and_Ong%2C_1952_%28cropped%29.png/250px-Lee_Kuan_Yew_at_Laycock_and_Ong%2C_1952_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Lee_Kuan_Yew_at_Laycock_and_Ong%2C_1952_%28cropped%29.png/330px-Lee_Kuan_Yew_at_Laycock_and_Ong%2C_1952_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Lee_Kuan_Yew_at_Laycock_and_Ong%2C_1952_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="388" data-file-height="431" /></a><figcaption>Yusof first met <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew" title="Lee Kuan Yew">Lee Kuan Yew</a> when he was working at Laycock & Ong (pictured in his Laycock & Ong office in 1952).</figcaption></figure> Following the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Yusof's views were more <a href="/wiki/Anti-colonial" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-colonial">anti-colonial</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pro-independence_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-independence movement">pro-independence</a>, mainly following the British's performance during the war. This was seen in Utusan's publications as its tone became more progressive and political. Sometime after the war, Yusof wanted to replace Utusan's legal advisor, <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Party_(Singapore)" title="Progressive Party (Singapore)">Progressive Party</a> founder <a href="/wiki/Tan_Chye_Cheng" title="Tan Chye Cheng">C. C. Tan</a>, with someone with a more "radical, nationalist outlook". After consulting with lawyer <a href="/wiki/John_Laycock" title="John Laycock">John Laycock</a>, Yusof was informed that a young lawyer, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew" title="Lee Kuan Yew">Lee Kuan Yew</a>, was soon to return from England to work at his firm Laycock & Ong. Yusof met Lee at the Laycock & Ong office upon his return to Singapore and they became good friends and fellow <a href="/wiki/Nationalism" title="Nationalism">nationalists</a>. In 1951, Yusof got help from Lee to represent his friend <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Samad_Ismail" title="Abdul Samad Ismail">Abdul Samad Ismail</a> after he was detained by the British; Abdul would later found the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Action_Party" title="People's Action Party">People's Action Party</a> with Lee.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015182-18">[17]</a> In his <a href="/wiki/Memoir" title="Memoir">memoir</a>, Lee described Yusof in his meeting as a "tall, Indian-looking Malay in his late 40s, with a long, thin, un-Malay nose" and that he "[spoke] English well but in a hesitant manner and with a slight stammer".<a href="#cite_note-:11-25">[24]</a>: 156  That same year, Yusof was invited by the United States to represent Malaya as a journalist along with being recommended as a nominated member of the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Singapore" title="Legislative Council of Singapore">Legislative Council</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yusof's_departure_from_Utusan">Yusof's departure from Utusan</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Yusof's departure from Utusan">edit</a>]</div> In 1957, Yusof moved to Kuala Lumpur and in February 1958, the headquarters of Utusan Melayu was also relocated to the city, making the newspaper more Malaya based with only a branch office remaining in Singapore.<a href="#cite_note-MalayNewspaper-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENik_Ahmad196373-28">[27]</a> Even though Utusan was an independent newspaper, Utusan was a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/United_Malay_Nationalist_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="United Malay Nationalist Organisation">United Malay Nationalist Organisation</a> (UMNO) and the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_(Malaysia)" title="Alliance Party (Malaysia)">Alliance Party</a>, moreso after the war. Yusof, as Utusan's managing director, stated this of the UMNO and the Alliance Party:<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENik_Ahmad196372-21">[20]</a><blockquote>The Utusan Melayu has been a strong supporter of the UMNO and lately of the [Alliance Party], particularly during the first <a href="/wiki/1955_Malayan_general_election" title="1955 Malayan general election">federal election of 1955</a>, because the Utusan was launched with the expressed object of raising the status of our people, country and religion, and such an object could not be achieved if <a href="/wiki/Colonialism" title="Colonialism">colonialism</a> were to exist. The [Alliance Party], as everybody knows, was the only political party which articulately strove for independence and freedom. This explains the reason why Utusan Melayu has always been pro-UMNO and the [Alliance Party].</blockquote>However, as Utusan began to have a more <a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">socialist</a> slant in the 1950s, it would end up conflicting with the UMNO. While the newspaper did support the Malays, Utusan published some articles which were considered critical of UMNO, and Utusan's deputy editor said of <a href="/wiki/Monarchies_of_Malaysia" title="Monarchies of Malaysia">the Sultans</a> to be "feudal elements". This led the UMNO to begin buying <a href="/wiki/Share_(finance)" title="Share (finance)">shares</a> from Utusan in 1955 in an attempt to get the newspaper under their control. Yusof initially resisted the UMNO's attempts but finally left in 1959 after he sold all his shares and left to Singapore.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015182–183-29">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Yang_di-Pertuan_Negara_of_Singapore_(1959–1965)">Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore (1959–1965)</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore (1959–1965)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Goode_29-07-1953_(1)_better_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/William_Goode_29-07-1953_%281%29_better_crop.jpg/220px-William_Goode_29-07-1953_%281%29_better_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/William_Goode_29-07-1953_%281%29_better_crop.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Yusof was both appointed by <a href="/wiki/William_Goode_(colonial_administrator)" title="William Goode (colonial administrator)">Sir William Goode</a> (pictured in 1953) as the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Public_Service_Commission_(Singapore)" title="Public Service Commission (Singapore)">Public Service Commission</a>, and his successor as <a href="/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Negara_of_Singapore" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore">Yang di-Pertuan Negara</a>.</figcaption></figure> After his resignation from Utusan Melayu, Yusof returned to Singapore. The <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Action_Party" title="People's Action Party">People's Action Party</a> (PAP) had just won the <a href="/wiki/1959_Singaporean_general_election" title="1959 Singaporean general election">1959 general elections</a> and set up their own <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Singapore" title="Government of Singapore">government</a>. In July 1959, he was invited by then-new <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Singapore" title="Prime Minister of Singapore">Prime Minister</a> Lee to serve as chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Public_Service_Commission_(Singapore)" title="Public Service Commission (Singapore)">Public Service Commission</a>, to which he accepted and was subsequently appointed by <a href="/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Negara_of_Singapore" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore">Yang di-Pertuan Negara</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Goode_(colonial_administrator)" title="William Goode (colonial administrator)">Sir William Goode</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:5-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015183-30">[29]</a> Since Singapore gained full <a href="/wiki/Self-governance_of_Singapore#Full_internal_self-government_(1959–1963)" title="Self-governance of Singapore">internal self-governance</a> from the British following the 1959 general elections, there were talks to replace the current Yang di-Pertuan Negara Goode. In December 1959, it was announced by the government that Yusof would succeed Goode as Yang di-Pertuan Negara, the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> of Singapore, on December 3. This marked the end of 140 years of colonial rule as Singapore became a true self-governing state. Yusof had held a few minor roles in the government before his appointment such as on the Film Appeal Committee from 1948 to 1950, member of the Nature Reserves Committee for a year, and member of the Malayanisation Commission.<a href="#cite_note-:0-1">[1]</a> According to Minister for Culture <a href="/wiki/Othman_Wok" title="Othman Wok">Othman Wok</a>, Yusof was chosen as he was Malay, a nationalist, and had a background at Utusan Melayu. Lee stated that a Malay Yang di-Pertuan Negara was needed to show the multi-racialism of Singapore and to remove its "Third China" image. Another possible candidate was Tengku Ya'acob, the brother of then-<a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malaysia" title="Prime Minister of Malaysia">Malaysian Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Tunku_Abdul_Rahman" title="Tunku Abdul Rahman">Tunku Abdul Rahman</a>. Despite Tunku's strong support for his brother to be Goode's successor, to the point where Tunku requested <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> to intervene, Yusof was still chosen over him. Yusof's brothers <a href="/wiki/Aziz_Ishak" title="Aziz Ishak">Aziz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rahim_Ishak" title="Abdul Rahim Ishak">Abdul Rahim Ishak</a> believe that it was due to his strong pro-Singapore views and his previous reputation with Utusan Melayu.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015183-30">[29]</a> In his <a href="/wiki/Memoir" title="Memoir">memoir</a> The Singapore Story, Lee stated that "we chose Yusof bin Ishak, the managing director of the Utusan Melayu, to be [Goode's] successor, our first native Yang di-Pertuan Negara. We wanted a distinguished Malay in order to show the Federation that Singaporeans were willing to accept Malays as their leaders, and I knew him as a good man of simple habits who carried himself with dignity."<a href="#cite_note-:11-25">[24]</a>: 342  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Yang_di-Pertuan_Negara_term_(1959–1964)">First Yang di-Pertuan Negara term (1959–1964)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First Yang di-Pertuan Negara term (1959–1964)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GAMBAR2_LAWATAN_KETUA_NEGARA_SINGAPURA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/GAMBAR2_LAWATAN_KETUA_NEGARA_SINGAPURA.jpg/250px-GAMBAR2_LAWATAN_KETUA_NEGARA_SINGAPURA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/GAMBAR2_LAWATAN_KETUA_NEGARA_SINGAPURA.jpg/330px-GAMBAR2_LAWATAN_KETUA_NEGARA_SINGAPURA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/GAMBAR2_LAWATAN_KETUA_NEGARA_SINGAPURA.jpg/500px-GAMBAR2_LAWATAN_KETUA_NEGARA_SINGAPURA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1255" data-file-height="1572" /></a><figcaption>Yusof (middle) visiting <a href="/wiki/Omar_Ali_Saifuddien_Mosque" title="Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque">Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque</a> in Brunei with <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Singapore" title="Prime Minister of Singapore">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew" title="Lee Kuan Yew">Lee Kuan Yew</a> (left) and Secretary of the Religious Office <a href="/wiki/Pengiran_Anak_Kemaluddin" title="Pengiran Anak Kemaluddin">Pengiran Muda Kemaluddin</a> (second from right), 1960.</figcaption></figure>On 2 December, Yusof and his family moved into <a href="/wiki/The_Istana" title="The Istana">the Istana</a>, the residence for the head of state. He was taken to <a href="/wiki/Former_City_Hall,_Singapore" title="Former City Hall, Singapore">City Hall</a> the following day, where he was officially sworn in on 3 December 1959 as the Yang di-Pertuan Negara.<a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a> Aziz stated that Yusof had accepted the role as he wanted to show the Malay community that the PAP were not anti-Malay and that they believed in multi-racialism. This was especially important at the time as the PAP wanted Singapore to <a href="/wiki/Singapore_in_Malaysia#Prelude_to_merger" title="Singapore in Malaysia">achieve merger with Malaya</a>, and they wanted the support from the Malays. On the Istana's grounds, Yusof moved into the secretary's bungalow with his family instead of living in the Istana itself. He wanted to show himself as a humble person instead of living in the prestigious Istana building. His wife, <a href="/wiki/Noor_Aishah_Mohammad_Salim" title="Noor Aishah Mohammad Salim">Noor Aishah</a>, stated herself that "[the Istana] was too big. We preferred to stay at the smaller house."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015183-30">[29]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Visits_to_constituencies">Visits to constituencies</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Visits to constituencies">edit</a>]</div> During his term, he was known for frequently visiting <a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_Singapore" title="Constituencies of Singapore">constituencies</a> across the island. He visited various constituencies over the years, including <a href="/wiki/Bukit_Panjang_Single_Member_Constituency" title="Bukit Panjang Single Member Constituency">Bukit Panjang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bukit_Merah_Single_Member_Constituency" title="Bukit Merah Single Member Constituency">Bukit Merah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bukit_Timah_Single_Member_Constituency" title="Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency">Bukit Timah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bras_Basah_Constituency" title="Bras Basah Constituency">Bras Basah</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Islands_Constituency" title="Southern Islands Constituency">Southern Islands</a>. Yusof was usually accompanied by the constituency's <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Singapore" title="Parliament of Singapore">Member of Parliament</a> and tended to visit schools, community centres, and other points of interest.<a href="#cite_note-33">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-35">[34]</a> He often used these visits to unite constituents and reiterate their support for the government.<a href="#cite_note-:7-36">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a> In 1960, Yusof visited the Southern Islands, where he planted a coconut tree and announced that during the <a href="/wiki/Ramadan" title="Ramadan">Muslim's month of fasting</a>, rice, sugar, and dates would be provided to them. He stated that the gesture was to show the government's support to the multi-religious people of Singapore.<a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> Yusof also marked the site of a new mosque that was to be built at the cost of <a href="/wiki/Singapore_dollar" title="Singapore dollar">S$</a>3,000.<a href="#cite_note-:7-36">[35]</a> In a 1961 visit to Bukit Timah, he gave a speech about the importance of multi-racialism and asked for tolerance between the various races, cultures, and religions.<a href="#cite_note-39">[38]</a> That same year, he additionally visited <a href="/wiki/Changi_Single_Member_Constituency" title="Changi Single Member Constituency">Changi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chua_Chu_Kang_Single_Member_Constituency" title="Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency">Chua Chu Kang</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pulau_Ubin" title="Pulau Ubin">Pulau Ubin</a>.<a href="#cite_note-40">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a> After the 1961 <a href="/wiki/Bukit_Ho_Swee_fire" title="Bukit Ho Swee fire">Bukit Ho Swee fire</a>, Yusof and Lee met with the homeless victims.<a href="#cite_note-43">[42]</a> He would later tour the new housing blocks in <a href="/wiki/Queenstown,_Singapore" title="Queenstown, Singapore">Queenstown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bukit_Ho_Swee" title="Bukit Ho Swee">Bukit Ho Swee</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacPherson,_Singapore" title="MacPherson, Singapore">MacPherson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jalan_Eunos" class="mw-redirect" title="Jalan Eunos">Jalan Eunos</a> for the victims of the fire in 1962.<a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Merger_with_Malaysia">Merger with Malaysia</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Merger with Malaysia">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Singapore_in_Malaysia" title="Singapore in Malaysia">Singapore in Malaysia</a></div> In May 1961, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malaysia" title="Prime Minister of Malaysia">Malaysian Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Tunku_Abdul_Rahman" title="Tunku Abdul Rahman">Tunku Abdul Rahman</a> announced a proposal to merge Singapore, <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Malaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a>, Brunei, and <a href="/wiki/Sarawak" title="Sarawak">Sarawak</a>.<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a> Following this announcement, both Lee and Yusof were strong supporters of the merger with Malaya, with Yusof stating that "Whatever our political differences, those of us who love this country and wish to spare it the tragedy of racial conflict must join forces to present a solid, anti-communal front."<a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a> In November 1961, Yusof delivered a speech at the opening of the third <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Singapore" title="Legislative Assembly of Singapore">Legislative Assembly</a>, where he spoke about his support of merging with Malaya.<a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a> Following the <a href="/wiki/1962_Singaporean_integration_referendum" title="1962 Singaporean integration referendum">1962 integration referendum</a>,<a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a> Singapore declared independence on 31 August 1963 to merge with Malaya to form Malaysia, but Malaya delayed the merger to 16 September.<a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a> During this period, Yusof, as Yang di-Pertuan Negara, held the powers of defense and external affairs of the state.<a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a> However, this was disputed by the Malayan and British governments.<a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a> Singapore would officially merge to form Malaysia on 16 September 1963.<a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Yang_di-Pertuan_Negara_term_(1964–1965)">Second Yang di-Pertuan Negara term (1964–1965)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Second Yang di-Pertuan Negara term (1964–1965)">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External image</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><img alt="image icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/20px-Searchtool.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/40px-Searchtool.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/photographs/record-details/b373687e-1162-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad">Yusof taking the oath of office upon his reappointment as Yang di-Pertuan Negara as Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin watches.</a> via <a href="/wiki/National_Archives_of_Singapore" title="National Archives of Singapore">National Archives of Singapore</a></td></tr></tbody></table> On 8 January 1964, Yusof was sworn in for a second term as Yang di-Pertuan Negara. It was under the state's new <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Singapore" title="Constitution of Singapore">constitution</a>, under which his previous term ended on 3 December 1963. <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Singapore" title="Chief Justice of Singapore">Chief Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/Wee_Chong_Jin" title="Wee Chong Jin">Wee Chong Jin</a> administered his <a href="/wiki/Oath_of_office" title="Oath of office">oath of office</a>.<a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_language">National language</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: National language">edit</a>]</div> In April 1965, Yusof opened the National Language Month at the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Theatre_and_Concert_Hall" title="Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall">Victoria Theatre</a>.<a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a> He gave an opening speech at the theatre, emphasising his support for the initiative as it would help to develop a "deep sense of communication with one another", especially now that Singapore was apart of Malaysia.<a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a> A second National Language Month was held in November, which at its opening Yusof repeated the importance of adopting <a href="/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a> as the common language of Singapore.<a href="#cite_note-58">[57]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1964_race_riots">1964 race riots</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1964 race riots">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1964_race_riots_in_Singapore" title="1964 race riots in Singapore">1964 race riots in Singapore</a></div> On 21 July 1964, Yusof led a procession of 25,000 Muslims at <a href="/wiki/Padang,_Singapore" title="Padang, Singapore">the Padang</a> to celebrate the <a href="/wiki/Mawlid" title="Mawlid">prophet Mohammed's birthday</a>. He gave a speech before the procession to the Muslims, stating that they had to be "patient, forbearing and industrious" when it came to adjusting to the merger. Yusof further said that "Our unity must be a lasting one. We must be united not only when Malaysia faces threats from outside but also during other times."<a href="#cite_note-59">[58]</a> He later led the procession but left early once they reached <a href="/wiki/Beach_Road,_Singapore" title="Beach Road, Singapore">Beach Road</a>.<a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> This procession would later be the cause of the <a href="/wiki/1964_race_riots_in_Singapore" title="1964 race riots in Singapore">1964 race riots</a>.<a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="President_of_Singapore_(1965–1970)">President of Singapore (1965–1970)</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: President of Singapore (1965–1970)">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Continued_presidential_term_(1965–1967)">Continued presidential term (1965–1967)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Continued presidential term (1965–1967)">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External image</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><img alt="image icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/20px-Searchtool.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/40px-Searchtool.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/photographs/record-details/982925b6-1162-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad">Yusof's official presidential portrait, 1965</a> via <a href="/wiki/National_Archives_of_Singapore" title="National Archives of Singapore">National Archives of Singapore</a></td></tr></tbody></table> On 9 August 1965, following conflicts between Malaysia and Singapore such as the 1964 race riots, <a href="/wiki/Singapore_in_Malaysia#Separation" title="Singapore in Malaysia">Singapore was expelled from Malaysia</a> and became an <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_Singapore_Agreement_1965" title="Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965">independent nation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-62">[61]</a> Yusof officially started his <a href="/wiki/President_of_Singapore" title="President of Singapore">presidency</a> on 9 August 1965, but was known as the Yang di-Pertuan Negara until December 1965, when the Constitution (Amended) Bill was passed in parliament, which "[allowed] the present Yang di-Pertuan Negara, [Yusof], to become the first president, as if he had been duly elected."<a href="#cite_note-63">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[b]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Multi-racialism">Multi-racialism</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Multi-racialism">edit</a>]</div> After the recent split from Malaysia, Yusof continued to support his belief of a multi-racial society, commonly referencing it in his speeches.<a href="#cite_note-67">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[66]</a> In 1966, he gave a New Year's speech addressing the separation.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZainul_AbidinNorshahril20168-69">[67]</a><blockquote>Separation cannot deny us the right or deprive us [of] the power to demonstrate the correctness of our ideas within Singapore. I believe that we have a special responsibility to demonstrate the essential validity of our ideas because these ideas are relevant to the problems of not just Singapore but those of all multi-racial societies which want to give a better life to its people.</blockquote>Yusof continued to spread this view as he visited constituencies, such as at <a href="/wiki/Telok_Blangah_Single_Member_Constituency" title="Telok Blangah Single Member Constituency">Telok Blangah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Punggol_Single_Member_Constituency" title="Punggol Single Member Constituency">Punggol</a>. During a 1966 Telok Blangah visit, he acknowledged the multi-racial harmony of the constituency between the Malays and other races.<a href="#cite_note-70">[68]</a> In his tour to Punggol that same year, he stated that he was "deeply impressed by the spirit of goodwill, harmony, and tolerance amongst all our people." He also watched a <a href="/wiki/Dragon_dance" title="Dragon dance">dragon dance</a> and met with Arabic musicians.<a href="#cite_note-71">[69]</a> In his 1967 visit to <a href="/wiki/Jurong_Single_Member_Constituency" title="Jurong Single Member Constituency">Jurong</a>, Yusof spoke about the area's <a href="/wiki/Industrialism" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrialism">industrialism</a> and the educational support given to the Malay community.<a href="#cite_note-72">[70]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1967_presidential_election">1967 presidential election</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 1967 presidential election">edit</a>]</div> For the first <a href="/wiki/1967_Singaporean_presidential_election" title="1967 Singaporean presidential election">presidential election</a> in Singapore, Yusof was elected by <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Singapore" title="Parliament of Singapore">parliament</a> to serve a four year term as president of Singapore after he received an unanimous agreement.<a href="#cite_note-73">[71]</a> He received commendations from Prime Minister Lee, Members of Parliament <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rahmat_bin_Kenap&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rahmat bin Kenap (page does not exist)">Rahmat bin Kenap</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lim_Guan_Hoo" title="Lim Guan Hoo">Lim Guan Hoo</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sellappa_Ramaswamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sellappa Ramaswamy (page does not exist)">S. Ramaswamy</a> upon his successful election.<a href="#cite_note-74">[72]</a> He was sworn in on 4 December 1967.<a href="#cite_note-:8-75">[73]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_presidential_term_(1967–1970)">First presidential term (1967–1970)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: First presidential term (1967–1970)">edit</a>]</div> Yusof began his first presidential term on 4 December 1967.<a href="#cite_note-:8-75">[73]</a> In 1968, while on a tour in Australia, Yusof suffered a heart attack and was flown to Melbourne for treatment. At the hospital, he was given months to live by the doctors, but he still continued his tour of Australia once he had gotten better.<a href="#cite_note-76">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015185-77">[75]</a> In 1969, he attended his father <a href="/wiki/Ishak_bin_Ahmad" title="Ishak bin Ahmad">Ishak</a>'s funeral in Kuala Lumpur;<a href="#cite_note-78">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[77]</a> he had previously visited him in the hospital in 1968.<a href="#cite_note-80">[78]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Death_in_office">Death in office</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Death in office">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ST24November1970.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ST24November1970.jpg/250px-ST24November1970.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ST24November1970.jpg/330px-ST24November1970.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ST24November1970.jpg/500px-ST24November1970.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1430" /></a><figcaption>The news of Yusof's death on <a href="/wiki/The_Straits_Times" title="The Straits Times">The Straits Times</a> on 24 November 1970.</figcaption></figure> On 23 November 1970, Yusof died of <a href="/wiki/Heart_failure" title="Heart failure">heart failure</a> at 7:30 a.m. at Outram Hospital (now known as the <a href="/wiki/Singapore_General_Hospital" title="Singapore General Hospital">Singapore General Hospital</a>). His death was announced sometime before 11 a.m., where flags were flown at <a href="/wiki/Half-mast" title="Half-mast">half-mast</a> and solemn music was broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Radio_Singapore_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Singapore International">Radio Singapore</a>. He had been admitted to the hospital on 21 November for respiratory and heart issues; it was his second admission to the hospital that month. Yusof had been struggling with his health since his heart attack in Australia in 1968.<a href="#cite_note-:9-81">[79]</a> Yusof's body was <a href="/wiki/Lying_in_state" title="Lying in state">laid in state</a> at <a href="/wiki/The_Istana" title="The Istana">the Istana</a>, where members of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Singapore" title="Cabinet of Singapore">cabinet</a> including Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew" title="Lee Kuan Yew">Lee Kuan Yew</a>, Speaker <a href="/wiki/Yeoh_Ghim_Seng" title="Yeoh Ghim Seng">Yeoh Ghim Seng</a>, Communications Minister <a href="/wiki/Yong_Nyuk_Lin" title="Yong Nyuk Lin">Yong Nyuk Lin</a>, Foreign and Labour Minister <a href="/wiki/S._Rajaratnam" title="S. Rajaratnam">S. Rajaratnam</a>, Health Minister <a href="/wiki/Chua_Sian_Chin" title="Chua Sian Chin">Chua Sian Chin</a>, Science and Technology Minister <a href="/wiki/Toh_Chin_Chye" title="Toh Chin Chye">Toh Chin Chye</a>, and Defence Minister <a href="/wiki/Goh_Keng_Swee" title="Goh Keng Swee">Goh Keng Swee</a> paid their respects to him.<a href="#cite_note-:9-81">[79]</a> On 25 November, Yusof was buried with full state honours at 6:03 p.m. at <a href="/wiki/Kranji_State_Cemetery" title="Kranji State Cemetery">Kranji State Cemetery</a>. He received a <a href="/wiki/21-gun_salute" title="21-gun salute">21-gun salute</a>. Present at his funeral were Lee, Toh, Yusof's wife <a href="/wiki/Noor_Aishah_Mohammad_Salim" title="Noor Aishah Mohammad Salim">Noor Aishah</a>, Yusof's brothers, Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/Wee_Chong_Jin" title="Wee Chong Jin">Wee Chong Jin</a>, and the rest of the cabinet. Foreign dignitaries present at his funeral include Indonesian Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Adam_Malik" title="Adam Malik">Adam Malik</a>, Governor of Penang <a href="/wiki/Syed_Sheh_Barakbah" title="Syed Sheh Barakbah">Syed Sheh Barakbah</a>, Malaysian Health Minister <a href="/wiki/Sardon_Jubir" title="Sardon Jubir">Sardon Jubir</a>, and Filipino Ambassador to Malaysia <a href="/w/index.php?title=Romeo_Busuego&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romeo Busuego (page does not exist)">Romeo Busuego</a>, representing the Philippines.<a href="#cite_note-82">[80]</a><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tomb_of_President_Yusof_Ishak.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Tomb_of_President_Yusof_Ishak.jpg/250px-Tomb_of_President_Yusof_Ishak.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Tomb_of_President_Yusof_Ishak.jpg/375px-Tomb_of_President_Yusof_Ishak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Tomb_of_President_Yusof_Ishak.jpg/500px-Tomb_of_President_Yusof_Ishak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1036" data-file-height="583" /></a><figcaption>Yusof's tomb at <a href="/wiki/Kranji_State_Cemetery" title="Kranji State Cemetery">Kranji State Cemetery</a>.</figcaption></figure><a href="/wiki/King_of_Malaysia" title="King of Malaysia">Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia</a> <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Halim_of_Kedah" title="Abdul Halim of Kedah">Abdul Halim of Kedah</a> sent his condolences and stated that "[Singapore] has lost a leading statesman who has played a significant role in the progress achieved by the Republic since its birth in 1965".<a href="#cite_note-83">[81]</a> Yusof's predecessor as <a href="/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Negara_of_Singapore" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore">Yang di-Pertuan Negara</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Goode_(colonial_administrator)" title="William Goode (colonial administrator)">Sir William Goode</a> said "Singapore's many friends throughout the world will be deeply grieved to hear of the death of [Yusof]."<a href="#cite_note-84">[82]</a> Malaysian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Razak_Hussein" title="Abdul Razak Hussein">Abdul Razak Hussein</a> stated that Yusof would "be recorded in history as the first Malay head of state of our neighbouring country, the Republic of Singapore."<a href="#cite_note-:9-81">[79]</a> Countries who paid respect to Yusof include Bulgaria, Thailand, Austria, Nauru, Brunei, Barbados, Italy, Ghana, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, China, South Korea, the Philippines, Zambia, Tonga, Vietnam, France, Peru, Indonesia, Panama, <a href="/wiki/Khmer_Republic" title="Khmer Republic">Khmer Republic</a>, Turkey, <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovak_Socialist_Republic" title="Czechoslovak Socialist Republic">Czechoslovak Socialist Republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Republic" title="United Arab Republic">United Arab Republic</a>, Japan, India, Trinidad and Tobago, Indonesia, <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_People%27s_Republic" title="Hungarian People's Republic">Hungarian People's Republic</a>, Nepal, <a href="/wiki/German_Democratic_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="German Democratic Republic">German Democratic Republic</a>, Lebanon, Norway, Sweden, Malta, and Nigeria.<a href="#cite_note-85">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[85]</a> The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> held a minute of silence during a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">general assembly</a> in honour of Yusof.<a href="#cite_note-88">[86]</a> He was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Sheares" title="Benjamin Sheares">Benjamin Sheares</a>.<a href="#cite_note-89">[87]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_views">Personal life and views</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Personal life and views">edit</a>]</div> Yusof married his wife <a href="/wiki/Noor_Aishah_Mohammad_Salim" title="Noor Aishah Mohammad Salim">Noor Aishah</a> in 1939, when she was 16. Together, they had three children, Orchid Kamariah, Imran Yusof, and Zuriana Yusof.<a href="#cite_note-90">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZainul_AbidinNorshahril20166–7-91">[89]</a> Noor Aishah was interviewed for the <a href="/wiki/Channel_NewsAsia" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel NewsAsia">Channel NewsAsia</a> documentary Daughters of Singapore in 2014, which commemorated the spouses of Yusof and <a href="/wiki/David_Marshall_(Singaporean_politician)" title="David Marshall (Singaporean politician)">David Marshall</a>, two pioneer leaders of Singapore.<a href="#cite_note-92">[90]</a> One of Yusof's hobbies was photography, and a collection of his photographs was donated to the <a href="/wiki/National_Archives_of_Singapore" title="National Archives of Singapore">National Archives of Singapore</a> by Noor Aishah.<a href="#cite_note-First_Head_of_State-93">[91]</a> Yusof was also interested in orchids.<a href="#cite_note-94">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[93]</a> He and his family lived at the secretary's bungalow on <a href="/wiki/The_Istana" title="The Istana">the Istana</a>'s grounds for his entire presidency. It was known as the Sri Melati and he grew papayas and orchids there. It was eventually demolished in the 1970s after his death due to termite infestations.<a href="#cite_note-96">[94]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Education">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yusof_Ishak_Secondary_School_-_Bukit_Batok,_Singapore_(July-August_2017).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Yusof_Ishak_Secondary_School_-_Bukit_Batok%2C_Singapore_%28July-August_2017%29.jpg/250px-Yusof_Ishak_Secondary_School_-_Bukit_Batok%2C_Singapore_%28July-August_2017%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Yusof_Ishak_Secondary_School_-_Bukit_Batok%2C_Singapore_%28July-August_2017%29.jpg/330px-Yusof_Ishak_Secondary_School_-_Bukit_Batok%2C_Singapore_%28July-August_2017%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Yusof_Ishak_Secondary_School_-_Bukit_Batok%2C_Singapore_%28July-August_2017%29.jpg/500px-Yusof_Ishak_Secondary_School_-_Bukit_Batok%2C_Singapore_%28July-August_2017%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5120" data-file-height="2880" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yusof_Ishak_Secondary_School" title="Yusof Ishak Secondary School">Yusof Ishak Secondary School</a> in 2017</figcaption></figure> In the early 20th-century, Malay parents preferred not to send their children to English schools, in fear that their children might be converted to Christianity. Yusof, however, was English educated, as were his siblings and children. This would instil a sense of importance toward education in him, which he would repeat throughout his life. Yusof even told his wife <a href="/wiki/Noor_Aishah_Mohammad_Salim" title="Noor Aishah Mohammad Salim">Noor Aishah</a> that, after he passed away, if she was unable to afford their children's educational fees, that she should rent out their house.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZainul_AbidinNorshahril201611–12-97">[95]</a> In July 1966, a secondary school named after him, <a href="/wiki/Yusof_Ishak_Secondary_School" title="Yusof Ishak Secondary School">Yusof Ishak Secondary School</a>, was opened.<a href="#cite_note-:10-98">[96]</a> During his presidency, in November 1965, Yusof was made the <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_(education)" title="Chancellor (education)">Chancellor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Singapore" title="National University of Singapore">National University of Singapore</a>. At his installation, he stated that "if we do out best, the [National] University of Singapore will be as illustrious as the name of this new nation already is in several fields of administration and enterprise."<a href="#cite_note-99">[97]</a> Over the next two years, he would acknowledge the university's high enrolment numbers in his speeches.<a href="#cite_note-100">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[99]</a> Yusof also ignored stereotypes that Malays were lazy, instead encouraging more Malays to focus on their education. An interpretation of his views by former politician <a href="/wiki/Zainul_Abidin_(politician)" title="Zainul Abidin (politician)">Zainul Abidin</a> were that Malays could become anything that they wanted; but they had to be the best in their field.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZainul_AbidinNorshahril201612-102">[100]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Religion">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plaque_commemorating_the_official_opening_of_Masjid_Malabar,_Singapore_-_20101016.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Plaque_commemorating_the_official_opening_of_Masjid_Malabar%2C_Singapore_-_20101016.JPG/250px-Plaque_commemorating_the_official_opening_of_Masjid_Malabar%2C_Singapore_-_20101016.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Plaque_commemorating_the_official_opening_of_Masjid_Malabar%2C_Singapore_-_20101016.JPG/330px-Plaque_commemorating_the_official_opening_of_Masjid_Malabar%2C_Singapore_-_20101016.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Plaque_commemorating_the_official_opening_of_Masjid_Malabar%2C_Singapore_-_20101016.JPG/500px-Plaque_commemorating_the_official_opening_of_Masjid_Malabar%2C_Singapore_-_20101016.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>A plaque at <a href="/wiki/Masjid_Malabar" title="Masjid Malabar">Masjid Malabar</a>, commemorating its opening by Yusof.</figcaption></figure> Yusof was raised in a "progressive religious tradition". His father wanted his children to understand <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> outside of rituals and to include science in the study of religion. He wanted Islam to follow modern times, including how Islamic traditions could help solve modern problems. Yusof was a religious person in this regard, where he would visit different mosques weekly to pray.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZainul_AbidinNorshahril20169–11-103">[101]</a> He performed the <a href="/wiki/Hajj" title="Hajj">pilgrimage to Mecca</a> in 1963.<a href="#cite_note-104">[102]</a> During his time at <a href="/wiki/Utusan_Melayu" class="mw-redirect" title="Utusan Melayu">Utusan Melayu</a>, Yusof encouraged open discussions on religion. Some debates that were carried out at Utusan include whether <a href="/wiki/Friday_prayer" title="Friday prayer">Friday sermons</a> could be held in Malay instead of Arabic and whether <a href="/wiki/Female_education" title="Female education">girls should go to school</a> instead of being homemakers. He would not take sides in these debates, despite his own religious beliefs.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZainul_AbidinNorshahril20169–11-103">[101]</a> In 1950, when Utusan reported on <a href="/wiki/Maria_Hertogh" title="Maria Hertogh">Maria Hertogh</a>, they kept their news objective instead of taking sides.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChew2015182-18">[17]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Legacy">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Masjid_Yusof_Ishak_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Masjid_Yusof_Ishak_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Masjid_Yusof_Ishak_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Masjid_Yusof_Ishak_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Masjid_Yusof_Ishak_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Masjid_Yusof_Ishak_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Masjid_Yusof_Ishak_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="862" data-file-height="598" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Masjid_Yusof_Ishak" title="Masjid Yusof Ishak">Masjid Yusof Ishak</a> in 2017</figcaption></figure> Several locations in Singapore bear Yusof's name. The <a href="/wiki/Yusof_Ishak_Secondary_School" title="Yusof Ishak Secondary School">Yusof Ishak Secondary School</a> was opened by then-Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew" title="Lee Kuan Yew">Lee Kuan Yew</a> on 29 July 1966, being renamed from Jubilee Integrated Secondary School.<a href="#cite_note-105">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-:10-98">[96]</a> In 1978, the <a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Singapore" title="National University of Singapore">National University of Singapore</a> renamed one of the buildings at its <a href="/wiki/Kent_Ridge" title="Kent Ridge">Kent Ridge</a> campus to the Yusof Ishak House.<a href="#cite_note-106">[104]</a> In August 2015, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was officially renamed to the <a href="/wiki/ISEAS_%E2%80%93_Yusof_Ishak_Institute" title="ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute">ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute</a> on Yusof's 105th birthday. Its new name was to call to mind Yusof's "vision of equality, justice, harmony and strength amid diversity".<a href="#cite_note-107">[105]</a> In 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Masjid_Yusof_Ishak" title="Masjid Yusof Ishak">Masjid Yusof Ishak</a> was opened by his widow <a href="/wiki/Noor_Aishah_Mohammad_Salim" title="Noor Aishah Mohammad Salim">Noor Aishah</a>. It was witnessed by guests including then-Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Lee_Hsien_Loong" title="Lee Hsien Loong">Lee Hsien Loong</a>, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs <a href="/wiki/Yaacob_Ibrahim" title="Yaacob Ibrahim">Yaacob Ibrahim</a>, and Mufti <a href="/wiki/Majlis_Ugama_Islam_Singapura" title="Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura">Fatris Bakaram</a>.<a href="#cite_note-108">[106]</a> The current series of <a href="/wiki/Singapore_dollar" title="Singapore dollar">Singapore dollar</a> notes, the <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Portrait_Series_currency_notes" title="Singapore Portrait Series currency notes">portrait series</a> issued from 1999 onwards, features Yusof.<a href="#cite_note-109">[107]</a> In 2014, a wax figure of Yusof was unveiled at <a href="/wiki/Madame_Tussauds_Singapore" title="Madame Tussauds Singapore">Madame Tussauds Singapore</a>.<a href="#cite_note-110">[108]</a> For the celebration of Singapore's 50th anniversary of independence in 2015, Yusof Ishak was featured in all set of six <a href="/wiki/Golden_jubilee#In_Singapore" title="Golden jubilee">SG50 Commemorative Notes</a>.<a href="#cite_note-111">[109]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Honours">edit</a>]</div> In 1963, Yusof was given the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Defender_of_the_Realm#Grand_Commander" title="Order of the Defender of the Realm">Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm</a>, which allowed him the use of the honorific title <a href="/wiki/Malay_styles_and_titles#Tun" title="Malay styles and titles">Tun</a>.<a href="#cite_note-112">[110]</a> However, in 1965, Singapore dropped the use of Tun following its <a href="/wiki/Singapore_in_Malaysia#Separation" title="Singapore in Malaysia">separation from Malaysia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-113">[111]</a> In 1969, Yusof was given the <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">honorary degree</a> of <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Letters" title="Doctor of Letters">Doctor of Letters</a> from the <a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Singapore" title="National University of Singapore">National University of Singapore</a>.<a href="#cite_note-114">[112]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_honours">National honours</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: National honours">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[113]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Darjah_Utama_Temasek_ribbon_(1962%E2%80%931996)_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Darjah_Utama_Temasek_ribbon_%281962%E2%80%931996%29_ribbon.png/80px-Darjah_Utama_Temasek_ribbon_%281962%E2%80%931996%29_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Darjah_Utama_Temasek_ribbon_%281962%E2%80%931996%29_ribbon.png 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Darjah_Utama_Temasek" title="Darjah Utama Temasek">Darjah Utama Temasek</a>, 1st Class</li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Sijil_Kemuliaan_ribbon_(1962%E2%80%931996).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Sijil_Kemuliaan_ribbon_%281962%E2%80%931996%29.png/80px-Sijil_Kemuliaan_ribbon_%281962%E2%80%931996%29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Sijil_Kemuliaan_ribbon_%281962%E2%80%931996%29.png 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Sijil_Kemuliaan" title="Sijil Kemuliaan">Sijil Kemuliaan</a>, 1st Class</li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Darjah_Utama_Bakti_Cemerlang_ribbon_(1968%E2%80%931996).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Darjah_Utama_Bakti_Cemerlang_ribbon_%281968%E2%80%931996%29.png/80px-Darjah_Utama_Bakti_Cemerlang_ribbon_%281968%E2%80%931996%29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Darjah_Utama_Bakti_Cemerlang_ribbon_%281968%E2%80%931996%29.png 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Darjah_Utama_Bakti_Cemerlang" title="Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang">Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang</a>, 1st Class</li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang_ribbon_(1962%E2%80%931996).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang_ribbon_%281962%E2%80%931996%29.png/80px-Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang_ribbon_%281962%E2%80%931996%29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang_ribbon_%281962%E2%80%931996%29.png 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang" title="Pingat Jasa Gemilang">Pingat Jasa Gemilang</a>, 1st Class</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_honours">Foreign honours</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Foreign honours">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:MY_Darjah_Yang_Mulia_Pangkuan_Negara_(Defender_of_the_Realm)_-_SMN.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/MY_Darjah_Yang_Mulia_Pangkuan_Negara_%28Defender_of_the_Realm%29_-_SMN.svg/80px-MY_Darjah_Yang_Mulia_Pangkuan_Negara_%28Defender_of_the_Realm%29_-_SMN.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/MY_Darjah_Yang_Mulia_Pangkuan_Negara_%28Defender_of_the_Realm%29_-_SMN.svg/120px-MY_Darjah_Yang_Mulia_Pangkuan_Negara_%28Defender_of_the_Realm%29_-_SMN.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/MY_Darjah_Yang_Mulia_Pangkuan_Negara_%28Defender_of_the_Realm%29_-_SMN.svg/160px-MY_Darjah_Yang_Mulia_Pangkuan_Negara_%28Defender_of_the_Realm%29_-_SMN.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Defender_of_the_Realm#Grand_Commander" title="Order of the Defender of the Realm">Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm</a> (S.M.N., Tun)<a href="#cite_note-116">[114]</a></li></ul></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/40px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/60px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /> <a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:BRU_Family_Order_of_Brunei_1st_Class.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/BRU_Family_Order_of_Brunei_1st_Class.svg/80px-BRU_Family_Order_of_Brunei_1st_Class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/BRU_Family_Order_of_Brunei_1st_Class.svg/120px-BRU_Family_Order_of_Brunei_1st_Class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/BRU_Family_Order_of_Brunei_1st_Class.svg/160px-BRU_Family_Order_of_Brunei_1st_Class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_honours_of_Brunei_awarded_to_heads_of_state_and_royalty" title="List of honours of Brunei awarded to heads of state and royalty">Darjah Kerabat Laila Utama Yang Amat Dihormati</a> (DK I, Dato Laila Utama), 1st Class<a href="#cite_note-117">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-118">[116]</a></li></ul></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_St_John_(UK)_ribbon_-vector.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Order_of_St_John_%28UK%29_ribbon_-vector.svg/120px-Order_of_St_John_%28UK%29_ribbon_-vector.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Order_of_St_John_%28UK%29_ribbon_-vector.svg/250px-Order_of_St_John_%28UK%29_ribbon_-vector.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="442" data-file-height="126" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Most_Venerable_Order_of_the_Hospital_of_St_John_of_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem">Knight of the Order of St John</a><a href="#cite_note-119">[117]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yusof_Ishak_Secondary_School" title="Yusof Ishak Secondary School">Yusof Ishak Secondary School</a>, a secondary school in <a href="/wiki/Punggol" title="Punggol">Punggol</a>, Singapore, named after him.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masjid_Yusof_Ishak" title="Masjid Yusof Ishak">Masjid Yusof Ishak</a>, a mosque located in <a href="/wiki/Woodlands,_Singapore" title="Woodlands, Singapore">Woodlands</a>, Singapore, named after him.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Singapore.<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusof_Ishak&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Citations">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-2">c</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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<li><a href="/wiki/2017_Singaporean_presidential_election" title="2017 Singaporean presidential election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Singaporean_presidential_election" title="2023 Singaporean presidential election">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Powers_of_the_president_of_Singapore" title="Powers of the president of Singapore">Powers of the president of Singapore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grand_Commanders_of_the_Order_of_the_Defender_of_the_Realm112" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th 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Koh">Leong Yew Koh</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Raja_Uda" title="Raja Uda">Raja Uda</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Tan_Cheng_Lock" title="Tan Cheng Lock">Tan Cheng Lock</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Razak_Hussein" title="Abdul Razak Hussein">Abdul Razak Hussein</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/H._S._Lee" title="H. S. Lee">Henry Lee Hau Shik</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Tengku_Budriah_of_Perlis" class="mw-redirect" title="Tengku Budriah of Perlis">Tengku Budriah</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Malek_Yusuf" title="Abdul Malek Yusuf">Abdul Malek Yusuf</a></li> <li>1963: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Yusof Ishak</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Abang_Openg" title="Abang Openg">Abang Openg</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Datu_Mustapha_Datu_Harun" title="Datu Mustapha Datu Harun">Datu Mustapha Datu Harun</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Pengiran_Ahmad_Raffae" title="Pengiran Ahmad Raffae">Pengiran Ahmad Raffae</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Syed_Sheh_Shahabudin" title="Syed Sheh Shahabudin">Syed Sheh Shahabudin</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Syed_Sheh_Barakbah" title="Syed Sheh Barakbah">Syed Sheh Barakbah</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Tuanku_Bujang" title="Tuanku Bujang">Tuanku Bujang</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Sharifah_Rodziah_Barakbah" title="Sharifah Rodziah Barakbah">Sharifah Rodziah Barakbah</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Aziz_Abdul_Majid" title="Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid">Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Fuad_Stephens" title="Fuad Stephens">Fuad Stephens</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Sardon_Jubir" title="Sardon Jubir">Sardon Jubir</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Syed_Zahiruddin" title="Syed Zahiruddin">Syed Zahiruddin</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Mohd_Hamdan_Abdullah" title="Mohd Hamdan Abdullah">Mohd Hamdan Abdullah</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Abang_Muhammad_Salahuddin" title="Abang Muhammad Salahuddin">Abang Muhammad Salahuddin</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Koroh" title="Ahmad Koroh">Ahmad Koroh</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Mohamad_Adnan_Robert" title="Mohamad Adnan Robert">Mohamad Adnan Robert</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rahman_Ya%27kub" title="Abdul Rahman Ya'kub">Abdul Rahman Ya'kub</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Awang_Hassan" title="Awang Hassan">Awang Hassan</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Iskandar_of_Johor" title="Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor">Tunku Ibrahim Ismail</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Zaidi_Adruce" title="Ahmad Zaidi Adruce">Ahmad Zaidi Adruce</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Hamdan_Sheikh_Tahir" title="Hamdan Sheikh Tahir">Hamdan Sheikh Tahir</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Said_Keruak" title="Mohammad Said Keruak">Mohammad Said Keruak</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Syed_Ahmad_Shahabuddin" title="Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin">Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Sakaran_Dandai" title="Sakaran Dandai">Sakaran Dandai</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rahman_Abbas" title="Abdul Rahman Abbas">Abdul Rahman Abbas</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Ahmadshah_Abdullah" title="Ahmadshah Abdullah">Ahmadshah Abdullah</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Mahathir_Mohamad" title="Mahathir Mohamad">Mahathir Mohamad</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Mohd_Khalil_Yaakob" title="Mohd Khalil 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