Ravinder Singh (general)
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Singh (left) with US Army Chief Ray Odierno at the Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference in Auckland, New Zealand on 11 September 2013. | |
| Birth name | Ravinder Singh s/o Harchand Singh[1] |
| Born | Singapore |
| Allegiance | Singapore |
| Service/branch | Singapore Armed Forces |
| Years of service | 1982–2014 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held |
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| Awards | see #Awards |
| Spouse(s) | Kohila |
Ravinder Singh s/o Harchand Singh is a Singaporean former army general and the current President of ST Kinetics.[2] He served as the Chief of the Singapore Army from 2011–2014 and held the rank of Major-General.
Education
Singh received the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Training Award (Academic) in 1983. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) and a Master of Arts in engineering science from the University of Oxford in 1986 and 1992 respectively. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Postgraduate Scholarship in 1995. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996 with a Master of Science in management.[3]
Military career
Singh enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in December 1982. He was commissioned as a signals officer in December 1986 and served in active duty with the United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) in Kuwait in 1991. In 1995, he attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. Throughout his military career, he has held various other appointments, including: Head, System Development Group; Commander, 2nd Singapore Infantry Brigade; Commander, 6th Division. In 2009, he retired from active military service as Chief of Staff, Joint Staff and transited to a civil servant as Deputy Secretary (Technology), Ministry of Defence.[3]
In 2011, Singh was recalled back to active service and succeeded Chan Chun Sing as the Chief of Army on 25 March 2011 and held this appointment until 21 March 2014, when he was succeeded by Perry Lim.[1][4] Singh, who is of Punjabi Indian descent and a Sikh by religion, is the first non-Chinese Singaporean to serve as the Chief of Army since 1982.[5]
Post-military career
Singh was appointed as the President of ST Kinetics on 23 March 2015.[2]
Personal life
Singh is married to Kohila and they have two sons.[3]
Awards
- United Nations Medal, in 1992.
- SAF Overseas Service Medal, in 1992.
- Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Military), in 2005.
- SAF Long Service Award (25 years), in 2008.
References
- 1 2 "New chief for Singapore Army". AsiaOne News. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- 1 2 Chua, Tony (9 March 2015). "Singapore Technologies Engineering promotes Ravinder Singh to president of Singapore Technologies Kinetics". Singapore Business Review. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "SAF Leadership". MINDEF. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ "New Chief of Army Takes Over Today". MINDEF. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "Singapore appoints Sikh as Army chief". The Times of India. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Major-General Chan Chun Sing |
Chief of the Singapore Army 25 March 2011–21 March 2014 |
Succeeded by Major-General Perry Lim |