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{{Infobox politician|name=S. Rajaratnam|native_name=சின்னத்தம்பி ராஜரத்னம்|image_size=200|birth_date=25 February 1915|birth_place=Jaffra, [[British Ceylon]]|death_date=22 February 2006|death_place=[[Singapore]]|political_orientation=[[Neoliberalism]]|political_party=[[People's Action Party]]|image=Rajaratnam.png}}


'''Sinnathamby Rajaratnam''' (25 February 1915 – 22 February 2006), better known as '''S. Rajaratnam''', was a Singaporean politician. He brought Singapore into the [[Non-Aligned Movement|NAM]] in 1970 and helped create the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations|ASEAN]]. He praised [[Free market|free markets]] in 1979. At the 1983 NAM conference in New Delhi, he sided with the [[United States of America|USA]] against the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]].<ref name=":1222">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2008|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World|chapter=New Delhi|page=211|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf|publisher=The New Press|isbn=9781595583420|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>
'''Sinnathamby Rajaratnam''' (25 February 1915 – 22 February 2006), better known as '''S. Rajaratnam''', was a Singaporean politician. He brought Singapore into the [[Non-Aligned Movement|NAM]] in 1970 and helped create the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations|ASEAN]]. He praised [[Free market|free markets]] in 1979. At the 1983 NAM conference in New Delhi, he sided with the [[United States of America|USA]] against the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]].<ref name=":1222">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2008|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World|chapter=New Delhi|page=211|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf|publisher=The New Press|isbn=9781595583420|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref> He encouraged [[class collaboration]] by telling citizens not to equate their own self-interests with the [[Nationalism|national interest]].<ref name=":12222">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2008|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World|chapter=Singapore|page=251|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf|publisher=The New Press|isbn=9781595583420|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 19:07, 29 June 2023

S. Rajaratnam

சின்னத்தம்பி ராஜரத்னம்
Born25 February 1915
Jaffra, British Ceylon
Died22 February 2006
Singapore
Political orientationNeoliberalism
Political partyPeople's Action Party


Sinnathamby Rajaratnam (25 February 1915 – 22 February 2006), better known as S. Rajaratnam, was a Singaporean politician. He brought Singapore into the NAM in 1970 and helped create the ASEAN. He praised free markets in 1979. At the 1983 NAM conference in New Delhi, he sided with the USA against the Soviet Union.[1] He encouraged class collaboration by telling citizens not to equate their own self-interests with the national interest.[2]

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