George Bogaars

George Bogaars PBC PJG
c. 1974
Director of the Special Branch
In office 1 August 1961 – 9 August 1965
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Preceded by	Eric John Linsell
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Head of the Singapore Civil Service
In office August 1968 – July 1975
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Preceded by	Stanley Toft Stewart
Succeeded by	Howe Yoon Chong
Personal details
Born	George Edwin Bogaars (1926-10-25)25 October 1926 Singapore, Straits Settlements
Died	6 April 1992(1992-04-06) (aged 65) Singapore
Spouse	Dorothy Lee Kian Neo (divorced 1977)
Children	3
Relatives	Edwin Tessensohn (great-grandfather)
Alma mater	University of Malaya (BA, MA)

George Edwin Bogaars PBC PJG (25 October 1926 – 6 April 1992) was a Singaporean intelligence officer and bureaucrat. From 1961 to 1968, he served as the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs' Special Branch and oversaw Operation Coldstore. He subsequently led the Singapore Civil Service and was instrumental in the establishment of the Singapore Armed Forces. Bogaars was also the director of Keppel Shipyard and the National Iron and Steel Mills. Between 1980 and 1985, he suffered a heart attack and three strokes, and remained in poor health for the rest of his life. In 1992, Bogaars died of heart failure, aged 65.