Chan Sek Keong

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Chan Sek Keong is a prominent Singaporean jurist who served as the country’s third Chief Justice and played a key role in shaping its modern legal system.

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Chan Sek Keong canonical 6
Sek Keong 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief Justice
judge
jurist
person
appointedBy S. R. Nathan
awardReceived Meritorious Service Medal (Singapore)
Order of Temasek
birthDate 1937-11-05
birthPlace Federated Malay States
Ipoh
Perak
countryOfCitizenship Singapore
educatedAt Faculty of Law, University of Malaya
St. Michael's Institution
University of Malaya
ethnicGroup Chinese Singaporean
familyName Chan
fieldOfWork administrative law
constitutional law
criminal law
law
givenName Sek Keong
linked to: Chan Sek Keong
honorificPrefix The Honourable
linked to: The Honorable
honorificSuffix SC
languageSpoken English
Mandarin
legalSystemInfluenced legal system of Singapore
memberOf Singapore Bar
name Chan Sek Keong
nationality Singaporean
notableFor contributions to Singapore constitutional jurisprudence
judicial leadership as Chief Justice of Singapore
shaping the modern legal system of Singapore
occupation Chief Justice of Singapore
judge
jurist
officeEndTime 2012
officeStartTime 2006
orderInOffice third Chief Justice of Singapore
positionHeld Attorney-General of Singapore
Chief Justice of Singapore
Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore
Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore
precededBy Yong Pung How
religion Buddhism
residence Singapore
succeededBy Sundaresh Menon
workLocation Singapore

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Raffles Institution hasAlumnus Chan Sek Keong
Sundaresh Menon predecessor Chan Sek Keong
Chan Sek Keong name Chan Sek Keong
Chan Sek Keong givenName Sek Keong
linked to: Chan Sek Keong
St Joseph's Institution hasAlumni Chan Sek Keong