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{{Villain_Infobox | {{Villain_Infobox | ||
|Image = | |Image = Lee Kuan Yew.jpeg | ||
|fullname = Lee Kuan Yew | |fullname = Lee Kuan Yew | ||
|alias = LKY<br>Harry Lee | |alias = LKY<br>Harry Lee | ||
|origin = Singapore, Straits Settlements | |origin = Singapore, Straits Settlements | ||
|occupation = Prime Minister of Singapore (1959 - 1990) | |occupation = Prime Minister of Singapore (1959 - 1990)<br>Senior Minister of Singapore (1990 - 2004)<br>Minister Mentor of Singapore (2004 - 2011) | ||
|skills = Training as a lawyer | |skills = Training as a lawyer | ||
|type of villain = | |type of villain = Anti-Villainous Control Freak | ||
|goals = Keep Singapore under his control (successful) | |goals = Keep Singapore under his control (successful)<br>Turn Singapore into a developed country (successful) | ||
|crimes = Abuse of power<br>Oppression<br>Mass repression<br>Human rights abuses<br>Sabotage | |crimes = Abuse of power<br>Oppression<br>Mass repression<br>Human rights abuses<br>Sabotage | ||
|hobby = }} | |hobby = }} | ||
{{Quote|Anybody who decides to take me on needs to put on knuckle-dusters. If you think you can hurt me more than I can hurt you, try. There is no other way you can govern a Chinese society.|Lee Kuan Yew}} | {{Quote|Anybody who decides to take me on needs to put on knuckle-dusters. If you think you can hurt me more than I can hurt you, try. There is no other way you can govern a Chinese society.|Lee Kuan Yew}} | ||
'''Lee Kuan Yew''' (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), commonly referred to by his initials '''LKY''' and sometimes referred to in his earlier years as '''Harry Lee''', was the first Prime Minister of Singapore, governing for three decades. Lee is recognised as the nation's founding father, with the country described as transitioning from the "third world country to first world country in a single generation" under his leadership. | '''Lee Kuan Yew''' (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), commonly referred to by his initials '''LKY''' and sometimes referred to in his earlier years as '''Harry Lee''', was the first and one of the best Prime Minister of Singapore, governing for three decades. Lee is recognised as the nation's founding father, with the country described as transitioning from the "third world country to first world country in a single generation" under his leadership. | ||
After attending the London School of Economics, Lee graduated from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, with double starred-first-class honours in law. He became a barrister of the Middle Temple in 1950, and practised law until 1959. Lee co-founded the People's Action Party (PAP) in 1954 and was its first secretary-general until 1992, leading the party to eight consecutive victories. After Lee chose to step down as Prime Minister in 1990, he served as Senior Minister under his successor Goh Chok Tong until 2004, then as Minister Mentor (an advisory post) until 2011, under his own son Lee Hsien Loong. In total, Lee held successive ministerial positions for 56 years. He continued to serve his Tanjong Pagar constituency for nearly 60 years as a member of parliament until his death in 2015. From 1991, he helmed the five-member Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency and remained unopposed for a record five elections. | After attending the London School of Economics, Lee graduated from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, with double starred-first-class honours in law. He became a barrister of the Middle Temple in 1950, and practised law until 1959. Lee co-founded the People's Action Party (PAP) in 1954 and was its first secretary-general until 1992, leading the party to eight consecutive victories. After Lee chose to step down as Prime Minister in 1990, he served as Senior Minister under his successor Goh Chok Tong until 2004, then as Minister Mentor (an advisory post) until 2011, under his own son Lee Hsien Loong. In total, Lee held successive ministerial positions for 56 years. He continued to serve his Tanjong Pagar constituency for nearly 60 years as a member of parliament until his death in 2015. From 1991, he helmed the five-member Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency and remained unopposed for a record five elections. | ||
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He died of pneumonia on 23 March 2015, aged 91. In a week of national mourning, 1.7 million residents and guests paid tribute to him at his lying-in-state at Parliament House and at community tribute sites around the island. | He died of pneumonia on 23 March 2015, aged 91. In a week of national mourning, 1.7 million residents and guests paid tribute to him at his lying-in-state at Parliament House and at community tribute sites around the island. | ||
==Villainy== | ==Villainy== | ||
Lee Kuan Yew was quite a bit more like [[Stalin]] than like Roosevelt, but, since Singapore is a tiny city-state and world-capitalist entrepôt, he also seemed resembled New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, under whom that world city, too, became cleaner, safer, more prosperous – and more sterile, unequal. | Lee Kuan Yew was quite a bit more like [[Stalin]] than like Roosevelt, but, since Singapore is a tiny city-state and world-capitalist entrepôt, he also seemed resembled New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, under whom that world city, too, became cleaner, safer, more prosperous – and more sterile, unequal. | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [ | *[https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew Lee Kuan Yew] - Real Life Heroes Wiki | ||
[[Category:Modern Villains]] | [[Category:Modern Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Deceased]] | [[Category:Deceased]] | ||
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[[Category:Also on Real Life Heroes Wiki]] | [[Category:Also on Real Life Heroes Wiki]] | ||
[[Category:Posthumous]] | [[Category:Posthumous]] | ||
[[Category:Singapore]] | |||