| Lee Kuan Yew  Born: 16-Sep-1923
Birthplace: Singapore
Died: 23-Mar-2015
Location of death: Singapore
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Cremated
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State Nationality: Singapore
Executive summary: Prime Minister of Singapore, 1959-90 "Every time anybody wants to start anything which will unwind or unravel this orderly, organized, sensible, rational society, and make it irrational and emotional, I put a stop to it without hesitation." [1]
[1] Financial Times, Special Survey, 22 November 1982. Quoted in Nigel Harris, The End of the Third World (Penguin, 1986), p. 61.
Father: Lee Chin Koon (storekeeper)
Mother: Chua Jim Neo
Brother: Dennis
Brother: Freddy
Brother: Suan Yew
Sister: Monica
Wife: Kwa Geok Choo (m. 30-Sep-1950, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Lee Hsien Loong (Prime Minister of Singapore, b. 10-Feb-1952)
Son: Lee Hsien Yang (President of SingTel, b. 1957)
Daughter: Lee Wei Ling (administrator)
High School: Raffles Institution, Singapore
University: Raffles College (now the National University of Singapore)
University: Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University
University: London School of Economics
Singaporean Minister Minister Mentor (2004-)
Singaporean Minister Senior Minister (1990-2004)
Prime Minister of Singapore 3-Jun-1959 to 28-Nov-1990
JP Morgan Chase International Council
Author of books:
The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew (1998, memoir)
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story (2000, memoir)
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