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Tun Yusof bin Ishak (Jawi: يوسف بن اسحاق ; ; , SMN 12 August 191023 November 1970) was a Singaporean politician and was the first President of Singapore, serving from 1965 to 1970. His portrait appears on the Singapore Portrait Series currency notes introduced in 1999. ==Early life== Born on 12 August 1910 in Terong, Taiping, Perak Darul Ridzuan, which was then part of the Federated Malay States (present day Malaysia), Yusof was the descendant of prominent Sumatran Malay Datuk Jannatun who migrated to Penang in 1759. Yusof was of Minangkabau descent from his father's side while his mother was a Malay from the Langkat region in Indonesia.〔(The Istana – index )〕 His brother, Aziz Ishak, was a Malayan journalist and freedom fighter. He received his primary education at Victoria Bridge School (now known as Victoria School),〔Victoria Bridge School is the previous name of Victoria School which only offered primary school classes at the time. Victoria School is now a secondary school.〕 and secondary education at Raffles Institution. At Raffles, he joined the Singapore National Cadet Corps. He was commissioned as the first ever cadet officer in the Corps. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yusof Ishak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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