Bernard Rodrigues
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Born15 March 1933
Died17 August 2015 (aged 82)
Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
OccupationPolitician
Bernard Rodrigues | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 March 1933 |
| Died | 17 August 2015 (aged 82) Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Politician |
Bernard Rodrigues (15 March 1933 – 17 August 2015) was a Singaporean politician. Rodrigues represented Telok Blangah as a legislative assemblyman in the 1st Parliament of Singapore from 1965 until 1968.[1] He was a founding member of the People's Action Party and helped establish the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).[2] Rodrigues argued that making the NTUC effective was in the best interest of Singapore, as it would be a constructive alternative to pro-Communist movements. In 1966, he campaigned for government employees to receive their entitled backpay, clashing with Lim Kim San who discouraged such a move.[3] Rodrigues relocated to Sydney, Australia in 1972.[2]
