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The book reflects Kissinger's views on effective leadership, [1] presenting a treatise on governance and political leaders through six exemplary individuals from the 20th century, including Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle, Margaret Thatcher, Lee Kuan Yew, Anwar Sadat, and Richard Nixon. [2] Upon its release, the book received mixed reviews. [2]
Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH SPMJ DK (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the Minister Mentor between 2004 to 2011, Senior Minister between 1990 to 2004 and first prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990.
Lee Kuan Yew was the first Prime Minister of Singapore (1959–1990). A founding member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is often credited for transforming Singapore from a third-world to a first-world country.
Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959–1990. In popular culture In the Spanish language, the pun word dictablanda is sometimes used for a dictatorship conserving some of the liberties and mechanisms of democracy.
Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015) MP for Tanjong Pagar SMC (1955–1991) MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC (1991–2015) 1959: 5 June 1959 28 November 1990 31 years, 176 days PAP: Lee K. I: Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdom (1959–1963) Putra of Perlis King of Malaysia (1963–1965) 1963: Lee K. II: Yusof Ishak (1965–1970) 1968: Lee K. III: Benjamin ...
On 12 August 2004, when Lee Hsien Loong succeeded Goh Chok Tong as the prime minister of Singapore, he announced the position of Minister Mentor, as part of a transition of political leadership, when naming his Cabinet. Prior to Lee Kuan Yew's appointment as Minister Mentor, he was Senior Minister between 1990 and 2004 under Goh Chok Tong's ...
Aging leadership was a key concern, and then Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew sought to groom younger leaders. In a speech on 29 September 1984, Lee argued that though the first generation of leaders was still "alert and fully in charge", to hang on to power until they had become feeble would allow power to be wrested from them, with ...
Lee Kuan Yew was the first Singaporean leader to emphasize a nation which created a national interest amongst the splintered cultures of Singapore. This was done as a transformative approach to the national hegemony at the time which was eroding due to a lapse in time from the historical conditions that led to the original underlying Marxist ...