Lee Kuan Yew Biography

Lee Kuan Yew, Statesman

Occup.	Statesman
From	Singapore
Born	September 16, 1923 Singapore
Died	March 23, 2015 Singapore
Cause	Pneumonia
Aged	91 years

Lee Kuan Yew was born upon September 16, 1923, in Singapore, after that a British colony. His daddy, Lee Chin Koon, was a businessman, and his mother, Chua Jim Neo, was a homeowner. Lee Kuan Yew was enlightened in English-medium colleges and also mastered his studies. In 1940, he won a scholarship to study at Raffles College, a prestigious university in Singapore.

During World War II, Lee Kuan Yew benefited the Japanese management in Singapore as a translator. After the war, he returned to his research studies and also graduated with honors in law from the University of Cambridge in 1949. He went back to Singapore and came to be a lawyer, yet he quickly became curious about politics.

In 1954, Lee Kuan Yew co-founded the People's Action Party (PAP) with a team of socialist activists. The PAP got support promptly, and also Lee Kuan Yew became its secretary-general in 1959. That very same year, Singapore gained self-government from Britain, and Lee Kuan Yew became the initial head of state of Singapore.

Under Lee Kuan Yew's management, Singapore developed from a bad, third-world country into a contemporary, first-world country. He implemented a collection of plans that concentrated on growth, education, as well as profession. He likewise instituted plans to advertise racial harmony as well as caste.

Lee Kuan Yew was re-elected as Singapore's prime minister 6 times and also held the setting for over 30 years. He stepped down as the head of state in 1990 yet stayed in government as an elderly priest as well as later as a preacher mentor.

Lee Kuan Yew was understood for his tyrannical style of governance and also his strict legislations. His federal government was slammed for its limitations on freedom of speech as well as setting up. Nevertheless, he was likewise applauded for his leadership as well as for the quick makeover of Singapore into a thriving as well as steady country.

Lee Kuan Yew died on March 23, 2015, at the age of 91. He is kept in mind as one of one of the most significant leaders in modern-day Asian history, as well as his legacy remains to shape Singapore's politics and culture today.

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6 Famous quotes by Lee Kuan Yew

"Of-course we did, but we didn't reply because we knew once this leaks the others will scatter, so in the few days we moved quickly before the press got hold of it. The press did get hold of it a few days later, we nabbed, we were able to get 15, the others got away"

"If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business"

"The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests"

"I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the mother called back to say that shes just called up to say she was alright"

"I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time questioning whether they are able to do a better job than we can"

"Well if done a lot of hard work to try and get people to act rationally, the fact that weve had 15 deviant Muslims, plus 5 or 8 others that got away does not mean that all Muslims are deviant or extremists"