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Lee Kuan Yew

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Lee Kuan Yew

1923–2015

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1923
Birth

Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore

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2015
Death

Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1923)

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