People's Action Party
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The People's Action Party is a major conservative political party in Singapore and is the contemporary governing political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition
Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore and one of the founders of the People's Action Party
The Sunday Times the day after the 1959 election, reporting on the results and the PAP's victory
A PAP election rally at Tampines Stadium in 2011
People's Action Party activists during the 2011 general election
Lee Kuan Yew
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Lee Kuan Yew, also known as LKY, was a Singaporean politician, barrister and statesman who served as the first prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. A member of the People's Action Party, his
People's Action Party
…Workers' Party (WP). The PAP was established in 1954 as a conventional centre-left party. Following its initial electoral success in 1959, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew sought to reposition the party ideologically toward the centre. In pursuit of this objective, he expelled the party's leftist faction, which reorganised…
Lee in 1975
Lee with his father, 1925
Lee's barrister's wig and container, on display in the National Museum of Singapore
Furniture from 38 Oxley Road, where the People's Action Party was founded