| Title: | Founding Father - Lee Kuan Yew |
| Source: | 100 INSPIRING RAFFLESIANS, 1823-2003 (pp 97-100)
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| Author(s): | Guan Heng Tan
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| Abstract: | Lee Kuan Yew is the founding father of independent Singapore. Born exactly 100 years after the founding of Raffles Institution, he is without a doubt the most eminent Rafflesian. In 1959, he became Singapore's first Prime Minister at the age of 36. For 31 years he ruled supreme, transforming Singapore from a Third World colonial entrepôt into a First World nation. He is primus egalitus among his Cabinet colleagues. He was appointed Senior Minister in 1991 and Minister Mentor in 2004… |
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