a position created by his eldest son, third and current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Here’s a look at Lee Kuan Yew’s life, in pictures. Contact us at [email protected] ...

When the People’s Action Party won the 1959 general election in Singapore, making Lee Kuan Yew the country’s first prime minister, LIFE was there to capture the energy in the elated crowd.

As news emerges that "The Old Man" has died at the age of 91, the BBC looks back at some key images from his life. Lee Kuan Yew was born on 16 September 1923 in Singapore, to third-generation ...

Picture: CHEW BOON CHIN/AFP/Getty Credit: CHEW BOON CHIN/AFP/Getty We take a look back Lee Kuan Yew's life in pictures: Lee was born on September 16, 1923 in Singapore, then a British colony.

Lee Kuan Yew has died at the age of 91 ... including former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Image source, Getty Images As the sun rose, flags were lowered to half mast at government ...

(Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images) Whatever the eulogists of Lee Kuan Yew told you about the Singapore he created or the Asia that seems resurgent, the praise of him says just as much about America.

Lee Kuan Yew was born on September 16, 1923, and is often referred to as the Father of Singapore [Getty Images] With Singapore nearing its 50-year-old mark as a nation in August 2015, Singaporeans ...

Photo: Getty Images Lee Kuan Yew, who died Monday at age 91, is rightly heralded as the founder of modern Singapore. As prime minister from 1959 to 1990, Lee led his country’s transformation ...

As news emerges that "The Old Man" has died at the age of 91, the BBC looks back at some key images from his life. Lee Kuan Yew was born on 16 September 1923 in Singapore, to third-generation ...