Chan Sek Keong

Chan Sek Keong
陈锡强
Chan in 2012
3rd Chief Justice of Singapore
In office
11 April 2006  6 November 2012
PresidentS. R. Nathan
Tony Tan
Preceded byYong Pung How
Succeeded bySundaresh Menon
3rd Attorney-General of Singapore
In office
1 May 1992  10 April 2006
Preceded byTan Boon Teik
Succeeded byChao Hick Tin
Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore
In office
1 July 1988  30 April 1992
Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore
In office
1 July 1986  30 June 1988
Personal details
Born (1937-11-05) 5 November 1937
Ipoh, Perak, Federated Malay States
NationalitySingaporean
Alma materNational University of Singapore
Chan Sek Keong
Traditional Chinese陳錫強
Simplified Chinese陈锡强
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Xīqiáng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingChan1 Sek3 Keung5
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTân Sek-kiông

Chan Sek Keong SC SPMP DUT DUBC (born 5 November 1937) is a Malayan-born Singaporean jurist who served as chief justice of Singapore between 2006 and 2012 when he was appointed by President S. R. Nathan. He is the first Chief Justice to have previously served as the former & third attorney-general of Singapore between 1992 and 2006.