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Mar 15, 1933 Died on 17 Aug 2015 (aged 82)
Singaporean politician
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About Bernard Rodrigues
- 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 till 1968.
- He was a founding member of the People's Action Party and helped establish the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).
- 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.
- Rodrigues relocated to Sydney, Australia in 1972.
