Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Lee Kuan Yew:The First Prime Minister Of The Republic Of Singapore
As co-founder and first secretary-general of the People's Action Party (PAP), he led the party to a landslide victory in 1959, oversaw the separation of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia in 1965 and its subsequent transformation from a relatively underdeveloped colonial outpost with no natural resources into a "First World", Asian Tiger. He has remained one of the most influential political figures in South-East Asia.
Goh Chok Tong:The Second Prime Minister Of The Republic Of Singapore
Lee Hsien Loong:The Third Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore
David Marshall: Singapore's First Chief Minister
Marshall rose to prominence in the late 1940s as a brilliant young criminal lawyer whose eloquence and extraordinary legal understanding won him numerous court cases. Marshall subsequently entered politics at the head of the Labor Front party and became Singapore's first elected Chief Minister between 1955 and 1956.
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