Goh Chok Tong

prime minister of Singapore

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Lee Kuan Yew

  • Lee Kuan Yew
    In Lee Kuan Yew

    Lee’s successor as prime minister, Goh Chok Tong, named Lee to the cabinet position of senior minister, from which Lee continued to exercise considerable political influence. Upon Goh’s resignation as prime minister in 2004 (he was succeeded by Lee’s son Lee Hsien Loong), Goh became senior minister. The elder Lee…

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Singapore

  • Singapore
    In Singapore: Singapore since 1990

    Goh Chok Tong, who for several years had served as Singapore’s deputy prime minister, succeeded Lee as prime minister in late 1990, although Lee remained in the government and powerful behind the scenes as a “senior minister” in the cabinet. The PAP maintained firm control…

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