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Apr 18, 2024 · Lee Kuan Yew was the first and longest-serving Prime Minister of Singapore. It was his leadership that transformed Singapore from a third-world country into a thriving metropolitan city in just three decades. The outlook for Singapore was not bright when Yew took power.
Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH SPMJ DK (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean statesman and lawyer who served as the first Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party from 1954 to 1992.
Jun 5, 2024 · Lee Kuan Yew, politician and lawyer who was the first prime minister of Singapore, serving from 1959 to 1990. During his long rule, Singapore became the most-prosperous country in Southeast Asia. Learn more about Lee’s life and political career in this article.
Mar 22, 2015 · Lee Kuan Yew, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 91, was the founding prime minister of Singapore. Most stories about Lee’s passing will focus on his well-known pragmatism and...
Mar 26, 2015 · The passing of Lee Kuan Yew, the most important personality in Singapore’s postcolonial history, will have little to no ramifications on the city-state. Lee had gradually receded from national politics over the last decade and had an obsessive focus on leadership transition.
The first attribute is personal integrity, incorruptibility and sacrifice. The second is the ability to galvanize support through eloquence, story-telling and charisma. Third – and arguably the most important factor – is effectiveness or the delivery of results through the length of a marathon and beyond the sprint of revolutionary rhetoric.
Mar 24, 2015 · "Lee Kuan Yew was a legendary figure in Asia, widely respected for his strong leadership and statesmanship," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said in a statement, leading the...
Mar 25, 2015 · But with his first visit to Indonesia under President Suharto in 1973, Lee Kuan Yew showed one of his abilities to great effect: to build strong working relationships with other South East...
Mar 25, 2015 · Published. Mar 25, 2015, 06:00 AM. Richard Hu, 88, served as Finance Minister from 1985 to 2001. In the lead-up to the 1984 General Election, after I finally agreed to enter politics, Kuan Yew...
People. TL;DR. Lee Kuan Yew (16 September 1923–23 March 2015), the founder of modern Singapore, was a brilliant statesman and highly-regarded visionary who transformed the island into a formidable nation and economic powerhouse.
