02-MAY-2005 :- DEATH OF Wee Kim Wee , 4th President of Singapore.

Wee Kim Wee 
( 4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005),The fourth President of Singapore. He served from 2 September 1985 to 1 September 1993.

Wee became the President of Singapore in 1985, and was also appointed as the Chancellor of National University of Singapore during the same period. Up until Wee's second term as President, the selection of the presidential candidate was determined solely by the Parliament of Singapore. During Wee's second term, the Singapore Parliament amended the constitution in January 1991 to allow for the direct election of the President, who would have the right of veto over civil service appointments and the use of government reserves.

The creation of an elected presidency was a major constitutional and political change in Singapore's history as under the revision, the President is empowered to veto government budgets and appointments to public office. He can examine the government's exercise of its powers under the Internal Security Act and religious harmony laws and investigate cases of corruption.

For the ensuing initial presidential election, the first in Singapore to be decided by popular poll, Wee decided not to enter his candidacy and went into retirement upon the completion of his second and final term as President. He was also awarded the Darjah Utama Temasek in 1993.