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Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam (5 January 1926 – 30 September 2008; more commonly known as "J. B. Jeyaretnam" or "J.B.J.") was a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He was the leader of the Workers' Party (WP) from 1971 to 2001. In 1981, he became the first opposition politician since Singapore's independence in 1965 to win a seat in Parliament, when he defeated Pang Kim Hin of the governing People's Action Party (PAP) at a by-election in the constituency of Anson.

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rdfs:comment	Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam (5 January 1926 – 30 September 2008; more commonly known as "J. B. Jeyaretnam" or "J.B.J.") was a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He was the leader of the Workers' Party (WP) from 1971 to 2001. In 1981, he became the first opposition politician since Singapore's independence in 1965 to win a seat in Parliament, when he defeated Pang Kim Hin of the governing People's Action Party (PAP) at a by-election in the constituency of Anson.
foaf:name	Jeyaretnam, Joshua Benjamin Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam
dc:description	Singaporean politician
active years end date	1986-11-10(xsd:dateTime) 2001-11-03(xsd:dateTime)
active years start date	1981-10-31(xsd:dateTime) 1997-01-02(xsd:dateTime)
birth date	1926-01-05(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Sri Lanka Jaffna
birth year	1926-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
child	Jeyaretnam, Philip Jeyaretnam, Kenneth
death date	2008-09-30(xsd:dateTime)
death place	Singapore
death year	2008-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
election majority	2376(xsd:integer)
party	dbpedia:Workers'_Party_of_Singapore dbpedia:Reform_Party_(Singapore)
region	dbpedia:Anson_Single_Member_Constituency dbpedia:Non-constituency_Member_of_Parliament
religion	dbpedia:Anglicanism
successor	Chia, Steve
is parent of	Jeyaretnam, Philip
is predecessor of	Low Thia Khiang Jeyaretnam, Kenneth
is secondLeader of	dbpedia:Singaporean_general_election,_1997 dbpedia:Singaporean_general_election,_1984 dbpedia:Singaporean_general_election,_1988
is successor of	Lee Siew-Choh C. V. Devan Nair

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