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Lee Kuan Yew

Politician

Lee Kuan Yew is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Lee Kuan Yew · Li Guanjao · Li Kuan Yu · Li Kuang-jao · Λη Κουάν Γιού · 20 more...				[sources]
Alias	Guangyao Li · Harry Lee · Harry Lee Kuan Yew · Kuang-jao Li · Lee Kuan-Yew · 48 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	LKY · リークアンユー · リー・クァンユー · リー・クアン・ユー · リー・クヮンユー · 4 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1923-09-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Singapore				[sources]
Death date	2015-03-23				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Singapore				[sources]
Country	Singapore				[sources]
Citizenship	Singapore				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Guangyao · Harry				[sources]
Last name	Lee · Li				[sources]
Political association	People's Action Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q131248				[sources]
Position	Member of the Dewan Rakyat (1963-1965) · Member of the Parliament of Singapore (1955-2015) · Minister Mentor (2004-2011) · Parliament (member, 2002-2006) · Parliament (member, 2006-2011) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Fitzwilliam College · London School of Economics and Political Science · National University of Singapore · Raffles Institution · University of Cambridge · 1 more...				[sources]
Religion	agnosticism				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-04	Last processed	2026-03-04	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923–2015)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-26

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kwa Geok Choo Politician	spouse	1950-09-30	2010-10-02
Freddy Lee

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of Parliament	-	-
Member of Parliament	2006-11-02	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Lee Hsien Yang Politician	child · father	-	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata327,312

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,319

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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