Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew (also spelt Lee Kwan-Yew) (born September 16, 1923) ({{zh-cp|c=李光耀|p=L? Gu?ngyào}}) was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. He has remained the second most influential politician in Singapore (after the Prime Minister) since stepping down from office. Under the administration of Singapore's second prime minister, Goh Chok Tong, he served as Senior Minister. He currently holds the newly-created post of Minister Mentor under his son Lee Hsien Loong, who became the nation's third prime minister on August 12, 2004. He is also known informally as Harry to his close friends and family, although this first name is never used in official settings.

External links

• http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990823/lee1.html. Lee was chosen as Asia's 100 most influential persons of the century by TIMEAsia magazine.
• War of Words Alejandro Reyes, Asiaweek.com, September 25, 1998. Retrieved 2004-12-08
• Lee Kuan Yew: A Chronology, 1923-1965 Largely based on Lee Kuan Yew. The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew. Singapore: Times, 1998. Retrieved 2004-12-08
• Free After 32 Lost Years Chia Thye Poh interview with Newsweek magazine. Retrieved 2004-12-12
• The Economist's apology The Economist magazine's apology to Lee Kuan Yew and Lee Hsien Loong for its 2004 nepotism article
• Gene expression: Lee Kuan Yew
• Orbituary of Lee Chin Koon
• 2005 Interview with the German paper, Der Spiegel