Despite being personally asked by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong if he could run in the 2011 Presidential Election, former Cabinet minister George Yeo turned down the idea then, saying he was 'temperamentally unsuited' to be the head of state. Yeo, 68, revealed this to CNA and Today on Tuesday (Aug 15) during an interview on the release of the...
Yeo, 68, revealed this to CNA and Today on Tuesday during an interview on the release of the third volume of his book series, George Yeo: Musings.He then told PM Lee he was "temperamentally unsuited to be president", and that he would only do it out of duty and not out of ambition.In the end, Yeo told PM Lee that he "was not going to stand if he had another candidate in mind".
Tan eventually won the election, beating Tan Cheng Bock in a four-horse race and served as President from 2011 to 2017. Yeo then joined Kerry Logistics Network and served as its chairman and executive director from 2012 to 2019.Despite moving on from politics, Yeo's name popped up again as as a potential presidential candidate in 2022 - a year before the incumbent president, Madam Halimah Yacob's six-year term was due to end.refuted claims that he would be throwing his hat into the ring for the 2023 Presidential Election"I'm a bit of a free spirit, I like to talk, I like to speculate...
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