Who is lee kuan yew?

(b. Singapore, 16 Sept. 1923) Singaporean; Prime Minister 1959 – 90 Born in Singapore of a wealthy Chinese family, Lee Kuan Yew was educated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar at Middle Temple. Upon return to Singapore he became advocate and solicitor and in 1954 founded the moderately anti-Communist People's Action Party whose general secretary he remained until 1992.





Lee Kuan Yew was elected to the Singapore Legislative Assembly in 1955. He became the country's first Prime Minister in 1959, a position he held until November 1990 when he resigned. He was re-elected in 1963, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, and 1988.





Lee Kuan Yew is the architect of modern Singapore since it gained self-government in 1959 and independence in 1965. In 1960 the city state was described by one magazine as being a cesspool of squalor and degradation. Today Singapore's per capita income is second only to Japan and the state has no foreign debts. This rapid economic transformation has been achieved through tight political control. Under Lee Kuan Yew's leadership, Singapore became one of the world's most regulated societies. Its politics, the way government exercised control over virtually every aspect of life, was compared to the defunct Communist regimes of Eastern Europe. The significant difference was that Singapore's anti-Communism, under Lee Kuan Yew, was able to deliver high-value financial rewards to its citizens.





In recent years Lee Kuan Yew has become the main exponent of Asian values and the economic success of Singapore is much admired in South East Asia and the Far East as well as Europe. These values, he has asserted, are closely linked to the values of the Chinese community which has been the main support base of the People's Action Party. Despite these comments, he was able to rule Singapore as a multi-ethnic state.





Critics of Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore and abroad during his tenure pointed to the promotion of an authoritarian political culture that was opposed to dissent, especially when it challenged the ruling party. This was best reflected in his dominating style, the curtailment of civil liberties, and bureaucratic hurdles placed in political mobilization of the opposition.





Lee Kuan Yew resigned in November 1990 after thirty-one years as Prime Minister. His successor, Goh Chok Tong, has promised to carry on the tough, no-nonsense approach, but has been increasingly criticized by Lee Kuan Yew for lacking political assertiveness. Brigadier-General Lee Hasien Loong, Lee Kuan Yew's son, is seen as his eventual successor.

Who is lee kuan yew?
Lee Kuan Yew led Singapore to independence and served as its first prime minister. He was regularly re-elected from 1959 until he stepped down in 1990. Lee Kuan Yew was educated in England, and under his guidance Singapore became a financial and industrial powerhouse despite a lack of abundant natural resources. Lee ruled with ultimate authority, and his zeal for law and order was legendary. In 1990 he stepped down (though he remained in the cabinet as senior minister) and was succeeded as prime minister by Goh Chok Tong
Reply:He is First Prime Minister of Singapore
Reply:Lee Kuan Yew is currently Singapore's minister mentor. He was Singapore's first prime minister.

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