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    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...
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    On 23 March 2015, Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore and co-founder of the People's Action Party, died at the age of 91 at 03:18 Singapore...
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  • member of the Lee family, she was the younger sister of Lee Hsien Loong, the older sister of Lee Hsien Yang and the only daughter of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding...
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  • The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) is an autonomous postgraduate school of the National University of Singapore (NUS), named after the...
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    father of Lee Kuan Yew and the paternal grandfather of Lee Hsien Loong, the first and third Prime Minister of Singapore respectively. Lee was born on...
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    (1959–1990) Lee Hsien Loong — eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew: Senior Minister, former Prime Minister (2004–2024) Other prominent members include: Lee Wei Ling...
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    Singapore during British colonial rule, Lee is the eldest son of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge...
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  • the Lee family, he is the younger brother of Lee Hsien Loong and the youngest son of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore. Lee was born...
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  • Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Yee uploaded a video on YouTube criticising him. In the video, Yee negatively compared Lee to Jesus Christ. A subsequent...
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  • Lee Kuan Yew was the first Prime Minister of Singapore (1959–1990). A founding member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is often credited...
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    1954, the leftist faction was soon expelled in 1961 by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in the midst of Singapore's merger with Malaysia, desiring to move the...
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  • Brzezinski, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Deng Xiaoping, Charles de Gaulle, and Lee Kuan Yew. The opposite of Realpolitik is Idealpolitik. The term Realpolitik was...
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    Kwa Geok Choo (category Lee family (Singapore))
    She was the wife of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore and the mother of Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Hsien Yang, and Lee Wei Ling. She was...
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    April and October 1995, Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and his son Lee Hsien Loong engaged in a series of transactions with Hotel Properties...
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    The First Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet was the Cabinet of Singapore from 5 June 1959 to 18 October 1963. The cabinet was led by Lee Kuan Yew, who was elected as...
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  • support for the People's Action Party (PAP), then opposition, led by Lee Kuan Yew. Lim's Singapore People's Alliance (SPA) was defeated by the PAP in the...
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    38 Oxley Road (category Lee family (Singapore))
    among Lee's children, Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Wei Ling, over its use and demolition. Lee Kuan Yew had originally willed the house to Lee Hsien...
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    Ho Ching (category Lee family (Singapore))
    Starhill Global REIT She met her husband, Lee Hsien Loong, the eldest son of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, while starting out in her career at...
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  • In his memoir, Jeyaretnam revealed that he had crossed swords with Lee Kuan Yew when the latter was still a practising lawyer, at times when Jeyaretnam...
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  • right wing led by Lee Kuan Yew and the left wing led by Lim Chin Siong. This caused PAP's massive majority to diminish. Lee Kuan Yew faced his first confidence...
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    PAP, which was led by the English-educated Lee Kuan Yew, temporarily eased their fears in 1959. Lee Kuan Yew and the PAP also favoured merger with Malaya...
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  • for spitting the gum out in an inappropriate place. In his memoirs, Lee Kuan Yew said that in 1983, when he was Prime Minister of Singapore, a proposal...
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    writer best known for Mrs. Lee's Cookbook, which preserves the recipes of Peranakan cuisine. Chua was also the mother of Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister...
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    Prior to that, he served as Deputy Prime Minister between 1980 and 1985. Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first Prime Minister, was appointed as Senior Minister in...
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  • century, including Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle, Margaret Thatcher, Lee Kuan Yew, Anwar Sadat, and Richard Nixon. Upon its release, the book received...
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  • contributor. In 2010, former Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, together with his son Lee Hsien Loong, and Goh Chok Tong, threatened legal action...
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    August 2004, Goh was succeeded by Lee Hsien Loong, the eldest son of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, and was subsequently appointed as...
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  • after the death of Lee Kuan Yew in 2015. 1988 was also the last election of which Tanjong Pagar was contested during Lee Kuan Yew's time, following which...
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    government. On 2 June 1987, a meeting was arranged between Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Archbishop Gregory Yong as well as nine other Catholic Church representatives...
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    IDC was part of a collaboration agreement between SUTD and MIT. The Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKY CIC) is one of the research centers...
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