Deaths on May 2

Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean journalist and politician, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)

Wee Kim Wee (Chinese: 黄金辉; pinyin: Huáng Jīnhuī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ Kim-hui; 4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005) was a Singaporean diplomat who served as the fourth President of Singapore between 1985 and 1993.

Wee was the Ambassador to the Republic of Korea between 1981 and 1984, Ambassador to Japan between 1980 and 1984 and the High Commissioner to Malaysia between 1973 and 1980 before he was elected by the Parliament of Singapore as the President of Singapore.

Former president Devan Nair stepped down from the office and Wee was sworn in on 2 September 1985. For the ensuing initial presidential election, the first in Singapore to be decided by popular vote, Wee decided not to enter his candidacy and retired on the completion of his second and final term as president.

Wee died of prostate cancer in his home at Siglap Plain in Singapore on 2 May 2005 at the age of 89.