Tony Tan

Tony Tan Keng Yam ( Chinese    ; an haife shi a ranar 7 ga Fabrairu 1940) ɗan ƙasar Singapore ne kuma ɗan siyasa wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban ƙasar Singapore na bakwai tsakanin 2011 da 2017 bayan ya lashe zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na 2011.

Kafin ya shiga siyasa, Tan ya kasance janar manajan Bankin OCBC. Ya fara bugawa siyasa a zaben 1979 a matsayin dan takarar jam'iyyar People's Action Party (PAP) wanda ke takara a mazabar Sembawang Group Representation kuma ya lashe. Daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Firayim Minista na Singapore daga 1995 zuwa 2005. Bayan ya yi murabus daga majalisar ministoci a shekara ta 2005, an nada Tan mataimakin shugaban da kuma babban darakta na GIC, shugaban Gidauniyar Bincike ta Kasa, da kuma shugaban Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). Ya sauka daga dukkan mukamansa a shekarar 2010 kafin ya tsaya takarar Zaben shugaban kasa na 2011 a matsayin dan takara mai zaman kansa.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Tan a ranar 7 ga Fabrairu 1940 a Singapore, ga Tan Seng Hwee da Jessie Lim Neo Swee. Ya sami ilimin farko a Makarantar St Patrick daga 1947 zuwa 1956 kuma ya ci gaba a Cibiyar St Joseph (SJI) daga 1957 zuwa 1958. A shekara ta 1962, ya kammala karatu tare da digiri na farko na Kimiyya tare da girmamawa a fannin kimiyyar lissafi daga Jami'ar Singapore, wanda yanzu ake kira Jami'ar Kasa ta Singapore (NUS), a karkashin tallafin karatu da gwamnatin Singapore ta bayar. Daga baya ya kammala Jagoran Kimiyya a cikin bincike na aiki a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Massachusetts (MIT), wanda Cibiyar Nazarin Gidauniyar Asiya ta tallafawa. Tan ya koma Singapore na shekara guda don koyarwa a sashen kimiyyar lissafi a NUS kafin ya bi Dokta na Falsafa a cikin lissafi mai amfani a Jami'ar Adelaide, wanda ke da tallafin bincike. Ya kammala digirin digirinsa a shekarar 1967 tare da taken rubutun, 'Mathematical Modelling for Commuter Traffic in Cities'. 

 Farkon aikin siyasa 
Da ya dawo Singapore, Tan ya fara aikinsa a matsayin malami a Sashen Lissafi a NUS. A shekara ta 1969, ya bar ilimi ya yi aiki a Bankin OCBC a matsayin mataimakin manajan kuma ya zama babban manajan. Ya bar bankin a 1979 don shiga siyasa. An zabi Tan a matsayin memba na majalisar (MP) na Sembawang bayan nasarar da ya samu a Zaben 1979.  Daga baya a shekara ta 1979, an nada shi Babban Ministan Ilimi na Jiha. A ranar 1 ga Yuni 1980, a matsayin wani ɓangare na sauyawa zuwa ƙarni na biyu na shugabannin Singapore a cikin sake fasalin majalisar ministoci, an nada Tan a matsayin Ministan Ilimi. Ba kamar sanarwar siyasa ba, an sake fasalin a hankali, ba tare da gaisuwa ko faɗakarwar kafofin watsa labarai ba. Lokacin da aka tambaye shi, S. Rajaratnam ya bayyana a bayyane cewa nadin Tan da S. Dhanabalan duk wani bangare ne na babban shiri don kula da gwaji tare da shugabannin tsara mai zuwa. Tan ya kuma kasance Mataimakin Shugaban NUS daga 1980 zuwa 1981.

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