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As Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew described to the BBC and in his memoirs, due to his experiences as a trial lawyer, " I had no faith in a system that allowed the superstition, ignorance, biases, and prejudices of seven jurymen to determine guilt or innocence.
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In Keng Kok, the City of Silkworms, the Prime Minister bought fried chickens and fried cicadas, and two notebooks for me.
The Prime Minister paid his respects to the Buddhist monks, strode rapidly among the houses, joked with the local soldiery, and made a speech.
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After that case Poirot apparently came to the attention of the British secret service, and undertook cases for the British government, including foiling the attempted abduction of the Prime Minister.
* 1968 – Pierre Elliot Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
* 1902 – Louis Beel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands ( d. 1977 )
* 1924 – Raymond Barre, French politician, Prime Minister of France ( d. 2007 )
* 1803 – Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and statesman, 10th Prime Minister of Prussia ( d. 1879 )
* 1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland ( d. 1970 )
* 1949 – António Guterres, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal
* 1955 – Dimitra Liani, Greek air hostess, widow of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou
* 1959 – Stephen Harper, Canadian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
* 1918 – Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands ( d. 2001 )
* 1928 – Péter Boross, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary
* 1966 – Juhan Parts, Estonian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Estonia
* 1765 – Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, Prime Minister of Greece ( d. 1848 )
* 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese politician and journalist, 8th Prime Minister of Malta ( d. 2012 )
* 1944 – Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
* 1961 – John Key, New Zealand politician, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand
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This law conferred the Chequers Estate owned by Sir Arthur and Lady Lee, as a gift to the Crown for use as a country home for future Prime Ministers.
Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore
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Meetings between Singapore Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Barack Obama took place on 15 November 2009
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* Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew ( Singapore )
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* June 3 – Singapore becomes a self-governing crown colony of Britain with Lee Kuan Yew as Prime Minister.
* August 7 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaysia, recommends the expulsion of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia, negotiating its separation with Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore.
Lee Kuan Yew announces Singapore's independence and assumes the position of Prime Minister of the new island nation.
* September 16 – Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore
* World's longest serving current republican head of government: Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore from 1965 to 1990 ().
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** Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀 ( 1923 -; Dabu, Guangdong ; born in Singapore ; Hakka pronunciation: Lee Kong Yau ), Founding father of modern Singapore ; Prime Minister of Singapore, his mother Chua ( 蔡 ), is a Min Nan Nyonya 1959-1990
** Lee Hsien Loong 李顯龍 / 李显龙 ( 1952 -; Dabu, Guangdong ; born in Singapore ; Hakka pronunciation: Lee Hen Loong ), Present Prime Minister of Singapore, his mother Kwa ( 柯 ) is of Min Nan Tong ' an ancestry
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