DTN News - SINGAPORE NEWS: Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singapore, Dies at 91
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 22, 2015 (SINGAPORE): — Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father and first prime minister of Singapore who transformed that tiny island outpost into one of the wealthiest and least corrupt countries in Asia, died on Monday morning. He was 91.
“The prime minister is deeply grieved to announce the passing of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore,” said a statement posted on the Singapore prime minister’s official website. “Mr. Lee passed away peacefully at the Singapore General Hospital today at 3:18 am.”
Mr. Lee was prime minister from 1959, when Singapore gained full self-government from the British, until 1990, when he stepped down. Late into his life he remained the dominant personality and driving force in what he called a First World oasis in a Third World region.
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