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Honorary Citizen of Singapore

Title of honor conferred by the Government of Singapore

Title of honor conferred by the Government of Singapore

The Honorary Citizen Award is the highest national honour conferred by the Government of Singapore to foreigners since 2003, to recognise and acknowledge the contributions of foreigners who have contributed extensively and significantly to Singapore and its people.

Description

The Honorary Citizen Award was first introduced in 2003, it is the highest national honour for foreigners. The title Honorary Citizen is conferred for life.

Other existing national awards for foreigners includes the Public Service Star (Distinguished Friends of Singapore) award and the Public Service Medal (Friends of Singapore) award.

The award does not equate to citizenship. Therefore, atypical rights and duties of Singapore citizens, such as voting rights and the requirement to fulfil National Service (NS), do not apply to Honorary Citizens. Additionally, grants and subsidies which Singaporeans are entitled to are not made available to the recipients.

The privileges for the award recipients include the right to live and work in Singapore for themselves as well as their immediate dependent family members and to purchase property if they decide to stay in Singapore.

Administered by Ministry of Manpower, a selection committee panel made up of high-level government officials would receive nominations of foreigners who have rendered extensive and valuable services to Singapore and its people, or who have made a significant impact in the areas of business, science and technology, information communications, education, health, arts and culture, sports, tourism, community services or security. The final selections are then endorsed by the Cabinet of Singapore. Recipients are conferred the Award in the following year of their nomination. The Awards are presented at a formal ceremony by the President of Singapore at the Istana.

, there are 22 recipients being conferred with the title.

Honourees

Year of confermentRecipientNationalityRecognitionAdditional Ref.
2003Sydney BrennerUnited Kingdomcontributions in establishing Singapore as a biomedical huburl=http://www.mom.gov.sg/publish/momportal/en/press_room/press_releases/2003/20031022-SingaporeHonoursContributionsOfTopGlobalTalentWithInauguralHonoraryCitizenAward.htmlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216090259/http://www.mom.gov.sg/publish/momportal/en/press_room/press_releases/2003/20031022-SingaporeHonoursContributionsOfTopGlobalTalentWithInauguralHonoraryCitizenAward.htmlurl-status=deadtitle=Singapore honours contributions of Dr Sydney Brenner and Mr Pasquale Pistorio with inaugural Honorary Citizen awardarchivedate=16 December 2007}}
Pasquale PistorioItalycontributions in establishing Singapore as a microelectronics hub
2004Sir Richard SykesUnited Kingdomcontributions to the development of Singapore as an international biomedical sciences huburl=http://www.mom.gov.sg/publish/momportal/en/press_room/press_releases/2004/20041004-SingaporeHonoursContributionsFromTopGlobalTalent.htmlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020145952/http://www.mom.gov.sg/publish/momportal/en/press_room/press_releases/2004/20041004-SingaporeHonoursContributionsFromTopGlobalTalent.htmlurl-status=deadtitle=Singapore honours contributions from LSir Richard B Sykes and C van Wachem with prestigious Honorary Citizen Awardarchivedate=20 October 2007}}
Lodewijk Christiaan van WachemNetherlandscontributions in positioning Singapore as a compelling global hub for business and investment
2005Tsutomu KanaiJapancontributions to the development of Singaporeurl=https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/20051228997.pdftitle=SINGAPORE CONFERS PRESTIGIOUS HONORARY CITIZEN AWARD ON DR TSUTOMU KANAI AND DR ROBERT A BROWNdate=28 December 2005}}
Robert A. BrownUnited Statescontributions to the Singapore Government
2006Lee RaymondUnited Statescontributions to the development of Singapore economyurl=http://www.mom.gov.sg/publish/momportal/en/press_room/press_releases/2007/20070301-Singapore_Confers_Prestigious_Honorary_Citizen_Award.htmlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102061335/http://www.mom.gov.sg/publish/momportal/en/press_room/press_releases/2007/20070301-Singapore_Confers_Prestigious_Honorary_Citizen_Award.htmlurl-status=deadtitle=Singapore Confers Prestigious Honorary Citizen Award on Mr Lee R. Raymond and Dr Heinrich Von Piererarchivedate=2 November 2007}}
Heinrich von PiererGermany
2008Ratan TataIndiacontribution to the growth of high-tech sectors in Singaporeurl=http://www.mom.gov.sg/publish/momportal/en/press_room/press_releases/2008/20080829-HCA.htmlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915014313/http://www.mom.gov.sg/publish/momportal/en/press_room/press_releases/2008/20080829-HCA.htmlurl-status=deadtitle=Singapore Confers Prestigious Honorary Citizen Award on Mr Ratan N. Tata and Tan Sri Frank Tsaoarchivedate=15 September 2008}}
Tan Sri Frank TsaoMalaysiapivotal role in shaping the growth of the maritime industry and in promoting maritime education and researchurl=https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/20080829999.pdftitle=SINGAPORE CONFERS PRESTIGIOUS HONORARY CITIZEN AWARD ON MR RATAN N. TATA AND TAN SRI FRANK TSAOdate=29 August 2008}}
2010Jeroen van der VeerNetherlandscontributions to Singapore economy through Shell
2011Professor Edward HolmesUnited Statesleadership in building up translational and clinical research infrastructure in Singapore
2012Ronald Oxburgh, Baron OxburghUnited Kingdomcontributions to Singapore's higher education, science and technology landscape as well as energy policy since 1997
2014Hiromasa YonekuraJapancontributions to the growth of the chemicals industry
2015Sir George RaddaUnited Kingdomcontributions to biomedical sciences industryurl=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/two-foreigners-made-honorary-citizens-of-sporetitle=Two foreigners made Honorary Citizens of S'porelast=Khewfirst=Carolyndate=2015-10-22website=The Straits Timeslanguage=enaccess-date=2020-02-22}}
Joan Bray RoseUnited Statescontributions towards establishing NEWater as a supplementary water sourceurl=https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/20151028001/joint_media_release_honorary_citizen_award_2015-21_oct_2015_dilys.pdftitle=SINGAPORE CONFERS PRESTIGIOUS HONORARY CITIZEN AWARD ON PROFESSOR SIR GEORGE RADDA AND DR JOAN B. ROSEdate=21 October 2015}}
2016Tadataka YamadaUnited Statescontributions to biomedical sciences industry
2017Ulrich Werner SuterSwitzerlandcontributions to developing Singapore into a vibrant and well-known research and development hub
2018Sir Andrew Philip WittyUnited Kingdomcontributions to Singapore's economic development, and the growth of biomedical sciences industry
2019Sir John O'ReillyUnited Kingdomcontributions to engineering research and developmenturl=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/doctor-astar-engineer-named-honorary-citizenstitle=Doctor, A*Star engineer named honorary citizenslast=Begumfirst=Shabanadate=2019-04-27website=The Straits Timeslanguage=enaccess-date=2020-02-21}}
Victor DzauUnited Statescontributions to postgraduate medical education
2023William ChinUnited Statescontributions to science, medicine and drug discovery/development
2025Tarun DasIndiacontributions to strengthening the economic partnership between India and Singapore

References

References

  1. "Parliamentary reply by SM Teo Chee Hean on creating honorary citizenship for those who have invested in Singapore and created quality jobs for Singaporeans".
  2. (22 October 2003). "Singapore honours contributions of top global talent with inaugural Honorary Citizen award".
  3. Shing Huei, Peh. (2005-12-29). "Two global talents to get Honorary Citizen Award; they will be honoured for contributions to S'pore's R&D and electronics sectors". Straits Times.
  4. "Honorary Citizen Award (Singapore)".
  5. Nirmala, M.. (2004-10-05). "Honorary citizenship for two who fueled S'pore's growth; Dutch and Briton to get highest-level govt award for petrochemical and biomedical efforts respectively". Straits Times.
  6. "Annex A - About the Honorary Citizen Award".
  7. "Singapore honours contributions of Dr Sydney Brenner and Mr Pasquale Pistorio with inaugural Honorary Citizen award".
  8. (4 October 2004). "Singapore honours contributions from top global talent with prestigious Honorary Citizen Award".
  9. "Singapore honours contributions from LSir Richard B Sykes and C van Wachem with prestigious Honorary Citizen Award".
  10. (28 December 2005). "SINGAPORE CONFERS PRESTIGIOUS HONORARY CITIZEN AWARD ON DR TSUTOMU KANAI AND DR ROBERT A BROWN".
  11. "Singapore Confers Prestigious Honorary Citizen Award on Dr Tsutomu Kanai and Dr Robert A Brown".
  12. "Singapore Confers Prestigious Honorary Citizen Award on Mr Lee R. Raymond and Dr Heinrich Von Pierer".
  13. "Singapore Confers Prestigious Honorary Citizen Award on Mr Ratan N. Tata and Tan Sri Frank Tsao".
  14. (29 August 2008). "Singapore confers honorary citizenship on Ratan Tata".
  15. (29 August 2008). "SINGAPORE CONFERS PRESTIGIOUS HONORARY CITIZEN AWARD ON MR RATAN N. TATA AND TAN SRI FRANK TSAO".
  16. Shafawi, Mustafa. (25 February 2010). "Retired chief executive of Shell receives Honorary Citizen Award".
  17. "US researcher is Honorary Citizen".
  18. (2 October 2012). "Lord Ronald Oxburgh Conferred Prestigious Honorary Citizen Award".
  19. Chia, Yan Min. (2014-02-14). "National Day awards presented to six who have made significant contributions to S'pore".
  20. Khew, Carolyn. (2015-10-22). "Two foreigners made Honorary Citizens of S'pore".
  21. (21 October 2015). "SINGAPORE CONFERS PRESTIGIOUS HONORARY CITIZEN AWARD ON PROFESSOR SIR GEORGE RADDA AND DR JOAN B. ROSE".
  22. (15 November 2016). "Tadataka Yamada Made Honorary Citizen of Singapore".
  23. Yong, Charissa. (2017-08-14). "Swiss materials science expert made honorary citizen for contributions to Singapore R&D".
  24. (26 June 2018). "Singapore Confers Honorary Citizen Award on Sir Andrew Witty".
  25. Begum, Shabana. (2019-04-27). "Doctor, A*Star engineer named honorary citizens".
  26. "Singapore Confers Honorary Citizen Award On A*STAR Board Member".
  27. (2023-10-23). "American professor at A*Star given honorary S’pore citizenship for contributions in science, tech". The Straits Times.
  28. Begum, Shabana. (2025-01-15). "Indian industrialist Tarun Das receives Honorary Singapore Citizenship". The Straits Times.
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