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S. Rajaratnam சின்னத்தம்பி ராஜரத்னம் | |
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| Born | 25 February 1915 Jaffra, British Ceylon |
| Died | 22 February 2006 Singapore |
| Political orientation | Neoliberalism |
| Political party | People'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]
References
- ↑ Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'New Delhi' (p. 211). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]