Born in Singapore on September 16, 1923. The longest-serving prime minister in history, he first took the helm in 1959 taking over from Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock. In 1963, Lee led Singapore into a merger with Malaysia, but 2 years later, Singapore was expelling from the Federation. He stepped down as prime minister in 1990, handing power to Goh Chok Tong, but remained influential as senior minister in Goh’s cabinet and subsequently as “minister mentor” when Lee Hsien Loong became prime minister in 2004. Lee left the cabinet in 2011. We walk through his philosophy of human capacities, equality, the Nanny State, as well as geo-political power plays.

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