| Born: |
Singapore, 16 September 1923 |
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| Education: |
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Raffles Institution
Raffles College, Singapore |
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1942 - 1945 |
(Spent Japanese occupation in Singapore) |
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1946 - 1949 |
Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, England
Graduated in 1949 with First Class Honours in Law, with a star for distinction in the final examinations
(1969 Honorary Fellow) |
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1946 - 1950 |
Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law
(1969 Honorary Bencher) |
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| Activities: |
1951 |
Advocate & Solicitor
Legal Adviser to several trade unions |
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1954 |
Helped found People's Action Party (PAP) Became Secretary-General. Held this office, except for brief period in 1957, until November 1992. |
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Apr 1955 |
Contested General Election for the Tanjong Pagar Constituency, a working-class dock area, and became one of three PAP Assemblymen. Has remained the representative of Tanjong Pagar Constituency since 1955. |
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May 1959 |
PAP won the General Election. Became Prime Minister. |
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1963 - 1965 |
One of 15 MPs from Singapore to the Parliament of Malaysia, from 16 September 1963 until 9 August 1965, when Singapore separated from the Federation. |
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Won General Elections 8 times (1959, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988) under his premiership. |
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Nov 1990 |
Resigned as Prime Minister.
Appointed Senior Minister by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
Re-appointed Senior Minister by Prime Minister Goh in 1991, 1997, 2001. |
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Aug 2004 |
Appointed Minister Mentor by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. |
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| Family: |
1950
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Married Kwa Geok Choo
educated in Raffles College, Singapore
Girton, Cambridge, England
Graduated 1949 with First Class Honours in Law
Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law
| Two sons: |
Lee Hsien Loong (1952)
Lee Hsien Yang (1957) |
| One daughter: |
Lee Wei Ling (1955) | |
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| Recreation: |
Cycling and swimming. |
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| Amongst honorary awards: |
- First Class Order of the Rising Sun, Japan (1967)
- C.H. (1970)
- G.C.M.G (1972)
- Bintang Republik Indonesia Adi Pradana (1973)
- Freedom of the City of London (1982)
- The Most Honourable Order of the Crown of Johore, First Class (1984)
- The Most Esteemed Family Order, DK, Brunei [The Darja Kerabat Laila Utama] (1990).
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