Founding father and former prime minister of Singapore who transformed country into one of world’s richest nations dies aged 91

The founding father of modern Singapore who was both feared and admired for turning the city-state into one of the world’s richest nations, has passed on at age 91.
Lee Kuan Yew was admitted to Singapore General Hospital on February 5 for severe pneumonia and was later put on life support.
The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement posted on its website that Lee ‘passed away peacefully’ at the hospital at 3.18am Monday local time.
The country’s first and longest-serving prime minister, Lee guidedSingapore through a traumatic split with Malaysia in 1965 and helped transform what was then a sleepy port city into a global trade and finance center.
Although he could have remained in office for much longer, he stepped aside and handed over leadership of the ruling party, and the country, to a younger generation in 1990.

May his soul rest in peace.