What is Devan Nair?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Devan Nair | native_name= {{nobold|ദേവൻ നായർ ചെങ്ങറ വീട്ടിൽ}} | honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|list=[[Bintang Bakti Masyarakat|BBM]]|size=100%}} | image = | caption = | order = 3rd [[President of Singapore]] | term_start = 23 October 1981 | term_end = 28 March 1985 | primeminister = [[Lee Kuan Yew]] | predecessor = [[Benjamin Sheares]] | successor = [[Wee Kim Wee]] | deputy1 = | constituency_MP2= [[Anson, Singapore|Anson]] | parliament2 = Singapore | term_start2 = 10 February 1979 | term_end2 = 13 October 1981 | predecessor2 = P. Govindaswamy | successor2 = [[Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam|J. B. Jeyaretnam]] | constituency_MP3= [[Bungsar (federal constituency)|Bungsar]] | parliament3 = Malaysian | term_start3 = 18 May 1964 | term_end3 = 20 March 1969 | predecessor3 = [[V. David]] | successor3 = [[Goh Hock Guan]] |office4 = 1st Secretary-General of the <br /> [[Democratic Action Party]] |term_start4 = 11 October 1965 |term_end4 = 30 July 1967 |predecessor4 = ''Position established'' |successor4 = [[Goh Hock Guan]] |office5 = Secretary-General of the<br />[[People's Action Party]] of [[Malaysia]] |term_start5 = 14 August 1965 |term_end5 = 9 September 1965 |predecessor5 = [[Lee Kuan Yew]] |successor5 = ''Position abolished'' |office6 = Secretary-General of the <br /> [[National Trades Union Congress]] |primeminister6 = [[Lee Kuan Yew]] |term_start6 = 1970 |term_end6 = 1979 |predecessor6 = Seah Mui Kok |successor6 = Lim Chee Onn |primeminister7 = [[Lee Kuan Yew]] |term_start7 = 1961 |term_end7 = 1965 |predecessor7 = |successor7 = Steve Nayagan | birth_name = Devan Nair Chengara Veetil | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|8|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Malacca]], [[Straits Settlements]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|12|6|1923|8|5|df=