Lee Kuan Yew was a Singaporean politician.
He founded the People’s Action Party in 1954 and was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1955 after campaigning for ‘an independent, democratic and non Communist Malaya’ that would include Singapore.
He became the first Prime Minister of Singapore in 1959 after separation from Malaya and then led it into the Federation of Malaysia in 1963 and out again in 1965
. He encouraged foreign industrial development, and in foreign affairs pursued a policy of non alignment and regional cooperation. He resigned as Prime Minister in 1990.
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