Lee Kuan Yew, who was Singapore’s first Prime Minister when the country gained Independence in 1965, has died at the age of 91.
Yew who was the founding Prime Minister of Singapore, passed away peacefully at the Singapore General Hospital this morning.
Arrangements for the public to pay respects and for the funeral proceedings will be announced later.
91-year-old Lee, who was born in 1923, formed the People’s Action Party in 1954 then became Prime Minister in 1959.
He led the nation through a merger with the Federation of Malaysia in 1963, as well as into Independence in 1965.
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