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Mary Chee Bee Kiang

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Mary Chee
7th First Lady of Singapore
In role
1 September 2011 – 31 August 2017
PresidentTony Tan
Preceded byUrmila Umi Nandey
Succeeded byMohammed Abdullah Alhabshee
Personal details
Born
Mary Chee Bee Kiang

1941 (age 82–83)
Singapore, Straits Settlements
Spouse
(m. 1964)
Children3 sons
1 daughter
ResidenceSingapore
Alma materNational University of Singapore

Mary Chee Bee Kiang (born 1941)[1] is the former First Lady of Singapore from 2011 to 2017. She is the spouse of Tony Tan, who was the seventh President of Singapore.[2][3]

Personal life

Tony Tan with his wife, Mary Tan

Tan revealed that they both met in university and married on 1 August 1964.[4][5]

They have four children: three sons and one daughter.[5]

References

  1. ^ Yin, Chai Hung (23 August 2011). "Women behind the men". AsiaOne. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam". The Istana. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ^ Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh (7 February 2017). "Debate on Bill prompts questions on ethnicity and identity". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  4. ^ hermesauto (2017-08-01). "President Tony Tan and wife Mary celebrate 53 years of marital bliss". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  5. ^ a b "Women behind the men". www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 2021-07-23.