Ong Teng Cheong

Ong Teng Cheong (; 22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002) was a Singaporean politician and architect. He was the fifth President of Singapore between 1993 and 1999. He also was the deputy prime minister.
Ong has decided not to run for a second term as president in 1999 because of the death of his wife.
On 8 February 2002, at the age of 66, Ong died in his sleep from lymphoma at a hospital in Singapore.