Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew Dead 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015

Lee Kuan Yew
GCMG CH
李光耀
Lee Kuan Yew.jpg
Lee Kuan Yew at The Pentagon in 2002
Prime Minister of Singapore
In office
3 June 1959 – 28 November 1990
PresidentWilliam Goode (Governor)
Yusof Ishak
Benjamin Sheares
Devan Nair
Wee Kim Wee
DeputyToh Chin Chye
Goh Keng Swee
Goh Chok Tong
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGoh Chok Tong
Senior Minister of Singapore
In office
28 November 1990 – 12 August 2004
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Preceded byS. Rajaratnam
Succeeded byGoh Chok Tong
Minister Mentor of Singapore
In office
12 August 2004 – 21 May 2011
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Secretary-General of the People's Action Party
In office
21 November 1954 – 1 November 1992
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGoh Chok Tong
Member of Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC
Tanjong Pagar SMC (1955–1991)
In office
2 April 1955 – 23 March 2015
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byTBD
Personal details
BornHarry Lee Kuan Yew
16 September 1923
Singapore, Straits Settlements
Died23 March 2015 (aged 91)
Singapore General Hospital,Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Spouse(s)Kwa Geok Choo (1950–2010)
ChildrenHsien Loong
Wei Ling
Hsien Yang
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Lee Kuan Yew
Chinese李光耀


Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, CH (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, 16 September 1923
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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

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