founding father of Singapore

Former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew died on Monday, March 23, at the age of 91. He is credited for turning Singapore into an economic and educational success story.

Singapore’s controversial founding father dies at age 91

March 23, 2015Global Politics

Lee Kuan Yew will be remembered as the man who turned Singapore into a global economic power. But the long-ruling prime minister and founding father of Singapore didn’t do so without clamping down on some of his people’s rights.

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