| Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH 李光耀 | |
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| Lee Kuan Yew at The Pentagon in 2002 | |
| Prime Minister of Singapore | |
| In office 3 June 1959 – 28 November 1990 | |
| President | William Goode (Governor) Yusof Ishak Benjamin Sheares Devan Nair Wee Kim Wee |
| Deputy | Toh Chin Chye Goh Keng Swee Goh Chok Tong |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Goh Chok Tong |
| Senior Minister of Singapore | |
| In office 28 November 1990 – 12 August 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong |
| Preceded by | S. Rajaratnam |
| Succeeded by | Goh Chok Tong |
| Minister Mentor of Singapore | |
| In office 12 August 2004 – 21 May 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Secretary-General of the People's Action Party | |
| In office 21 November 1954 – 1 November 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Goh Chok Tong |
| Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC Tanjong Pagar SMC (1955–1991) | |
| In office 2 April 1955 – 23 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harry Lee Kuan Yew 16 September 1923 Singapore, Straits Settlements |
| Died | 23 March 2015 (aged 91) Singapore General Hospital,Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Spouse(s) | Kwa Geok Choo (1950–2010) |
| Children | Hsien Loong Wei Ling Hsien Yang |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
| Lee Kuan Yew | |||
| Chinese | 李光耀 | ||
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In a column in the Sunday Times on 6 November 2011, Lee's daughter Lee Wei Ling revealed that her father suffered from peripheral neuropathy.[68] In the column, she recounted how she first noticed her father's ailments when she accompanied him to meet the former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Connecticut in October 2009. Wei Ling, a neurologist, "did a few simple neurological tests and decided the nerves to his legs were not working as they should"
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On 15 February 2013, Lee was admitted to Singapore General Hospital after suffering a prolonged cardiac dysrhythmia which was followed by a brief stoppage of blood flow to the brain.
On 5 February 2015, Lee was hospitalised with "severe pneumonia" and was put on a ventilator at the intensive care unit of Singapore General Hospital, although his condition was reported as "stable".[81][82] A 26 February update stated that he was again being given antibiotics, while being sedated and still under mechanical ventilation
