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| '''Lee Kuan Yew''' (]: 李光耀, ]: Lǐ Guāngyào), or '''Lee Kwan-Yew''', (born ], ]) is the current ] of ]. He was the ] from ] to ]. He was born in Singapore, and received his university education from the ] in ]. He returned to Singapore in ] to work as a ]. | '''Lee Kuan Yew''' (]: 李光耀, ]: Lǐ Guāngyào), or '''Lee Kwan-Yew''', (born ], ]) is the current ] of ]. He was the ] from ] to ]. He was born in Singapore, and received his university education from the ] in ]. He returned to Singapore in ] to work as a ]. | ||
| In ], Lee and a group of fellow English-educated, middle-class Chinese formed the socialist ] (PAP), to agitate for self-government for Singapore and an end to British ] . Five years later, in ], Lee was elected as the first Prime Minister of Singapore, replacing the former ] of Singapore, ]. He was regularly re-elected until ] ], when he stepped down and assumed the post of senior minister in the government cabinet, which he holds to this day. | In ], Lee and a group of fellow English-educated, middle-class Chinese formed the socialist ] (PAP), to agitate for self-government for Singapore and an end to British ] . Five years later, in ], Lee was elected as the first Prime Minister of Singapore, replacing the former ] of Singapore, ]. He was regularly re-elected until ] ], when he stepped down and assumed the post of senior minister in the government cabinet, which he holds to this day. While ] currently holds the reins of power, Lee's son ] has been designated as his successor. | ||
| During the three decades in which Lee was in office, Singapore grew from a ] country into a financial and economical powerhouse, despite its lack of ] and small population. He is widely respected by the people of Singapore, and has often been mistakenly credited as the architect of its prosperity, a role played by his Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, who was in charge of the economy. At the same time, he has been criticized as an ], because of various oppressive policies implemented by the government of Singapore under his leadership. | During the three decades in which Lee was in office, Singapore grew from a ] country into a financial and economical powerhouse, despite its lack of ] and small population. He is widely respected by the people of Singapore, and has often been mistakenly credited as the architect of its prosperity, a role played by his Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. ], who was in charge of the economy. At the same time, he has been criticized as an ], because of various oppressive policies implemented by the government of Singapore under his leadership. | ||
| Lee Kuan Yew has written down his memoirs in the book ''The Singapore Story'', which covers his view of ] until its separation from ] in 1965. | Lee Kuan Yew has written down his memoirs in the book ''The Singapore Story'', which covers his view of ] until its separation from ] in 1965. | ||
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Lee Kuan Yew (Hanzi: 李光耀, Pinyin: Lǐ Guāngyào), or Lee Kwan-Yew, (born September 16, 1923) is the current Senior Minister of Singapore. He was the Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. He was born in Singapore, and received his university education from the University of Cambridge in Britain. He returned to Singapore in 1949 to work as a lawyer.
In 1954, Lee and a group of fellow English-educated, middle-class Chinese formed the socialist People's Action Party (PAP), to agitate for self-government for Singapore and an end to British colonialism . Five years later, in 1959, Lee was elected as the first Prime Minister of Singapore, replacing the former Chief Minister of Singapore, David Marshall. He was regularly re-elected until November 1990, when he stepped down and assumed the post of senior minister in the government cabinet, which he holds to this day. While Goh Chok Tong currently holds the reins of power, Lee's son Lee Hsien Loong has been designated as his successor.
During the three decades in which Lee was in office, Singapore grew from a Third World country into a financial and economical powerhouse, despite its lack of natural resources and small population. He is widely respected by the people of Singapore, and has often been mistakenly credited as the architect of its prosperity, a role played by his Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, who was in charge of the economy. At the same time, he has been criticized as an authoritarian, because of various oppressive policies implemented by the government of Singapore under his leadership.
Lee Kuan Yew has written down his memoirs in the book The Singapore Story, which covers his view of Singapore's history until its separation from Malaysia in 1965.