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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, politician, and lawyer who served as the Minister Mentor between 2004 to 2011, Senior Minister between 1990 to 2004 and first prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990.
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 Standard Time (), after having been hospitalised at the Singapore General Hospital with severe pneumonia since 5 February that year.
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 for transforming Singapore from a third-world to a first-world country.
The Lee family (; Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ) is a political family in Singapore, with members prominent in Singaporean politics, public service, law, business and academia. Lee Kuan Yew served as the first prime minister of Singapore and his eldest son Lee Hsien Loong served as the third prime minister.
The office of prime minister succeeded the office of chief minister in 1959 after Singapore had attained self-governance from the United Kingdom, as the State of Singapore, [2] [3] with Lee Kuan Yew being sworn in as the first prime minister on 5 June 1959.
Lee Kuan Yew was born into a Chinese family in the British colony of Singapore. He is characterized as a very gifted and hardworking student who, as a youth, had to experience the brutal Japanese occupation of Singapore during World War II.
Chua and Lee had five children, four sons and a daughter, her first-born was Lee Kuan Yew who went on to become the first Prime Minister of Singapore. [3] [4] Chua saved her family jewelry and money, managing household finances and helping Kuan Yew attend law school in Britain. [3]
38 Oxley Road is an eight-bedroom two-storey bungalow located near Orchard Road, Singapore.The house was built in the late 19th century and was the residence of the first prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, from the 1940s until his death in 2015. [1]