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Lee Kuan Yew was prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. During his long rule, Singapore became the most prosperous nation in Southeast Asia.

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In 1958 in London, Lee Kuan Yew helped negotiate a self-governing state within the Commonwealth for Singapore. Elections were held under Singapore's new constitution in 1959, and his party won a decisive victory, but he refused to form a government until 1956. In 1963 he took Singapore into the new Federation of Malaysia. In elections held soon afterward, Lee continued as prime minister.

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