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Lee Kuan Yew |
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Lee Kuan Yew (1923– )Singaporean politician, prime minister 1959–90. Lee founded the anticommunist Socialist People's Action Party in 1954 and entered the Singapore legislative assembly in 1955. He was elected the country's first prime minister in 1959, and took Singapore out of the Malaysian federation in 1965. He remained in power until his resignation in 1990, and was succeeded by Goh Chok Tong. Until 1992 he held on to the party leadership. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In April 1967, Lee Kwan Yew was invited to Phnom Penh by Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk. SM is short for Senior Minister Lee Kwan Yew, credited with shaping the island-state into a modern metropolis and imposing strict laws on public behavior. In this same vein Neher's descriptions of dominant personalities such as Lee Kwan Yew, while not exactly probing psychological analyses, are on the whole sensitive and rounded. |
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