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Following Singapore's separation from Malaysia in 1965, Lim became less involved in Singaporean politics and moved to Malaya.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"15 October 1914","date":"1914-10-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1697131#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Singapore","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1697131#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"30 November 1984","date":"1984-11-30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1697131#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Saudi Arabia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q851"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1697131#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Singapore","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334"},{"text":"Malaysia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q833"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1697131#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"},{"text":"trade unionist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15627169"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1697131#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Singapore People's Alliance (1957–1963)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7523074","start":"1957","end":"1963"},{"text":"Labour Front (1955–1957)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5219964","start":"1955","end":"1957"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1697131#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Raffles Institution","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3244528"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1697131#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Chief Minister of Singapore (7 June 1956 – 3 June 1959)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2908548","start":"1956-06-07","end":"1959-06-03"},{"text":"Member of the Parliament of Singapore","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21294917"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1697131#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Yew_Hock","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1697131"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Lim Yew Hock born?","a":"Lim Yew Hock was born on 15 October 1914 in Singapore."},{"q":"What positions has Lim Yew Hock held?","a":"Positions held by Lim Yew Hock include: Chief Minister of Singapore (1956–1959); Member of the Parliament of Singapore."},{"q":"Where did Lim Yew Hock study?","a":"Lim Yew Hock was educated at Raffles Institution."}],"related":[{"name":"David Marshall","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-marshall"},{"name":"Tony Tan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tony-tan"},{"name":"Devan Nair","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/devan-nair"},{"name":"Tharman Shanmugaratnam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tharman-shanmugaratnam"},{"name":"Halimah Yacob","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/halimah-yacob"},{"name":"Lee Kuan Yew","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lee-kuan-yew"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/lim-yew-hock-2f9f790232.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Central Office of Information, London","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lim_Yew_Hock,_1956_(cropped).png"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Lim Yew Hock","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Yew_Hock","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1697131","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1697131","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Lim Yew Hock, 1956 (cropped).png by Central Office of Information, London (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lim_Yew_Hock,_1956_(cropped).png","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Lim Yew Hock, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Lim Yew Hock, 1956 (cropped).png — Central Office of Information, London, Public domain.","cite":"\"Lim Yew Hock\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/lim-yew-hock. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T09:05:03Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/lim-yew-hock","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/lim-yew-hock","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/lim-yew-hock?lang=ne"}}