Lee family (Singapore)

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The Lee family is a political family of Singapore, with members in public service, politics, law, and business. The most prominent members of the family are Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, and his son Lee Hsien Loong, the third and current prime minister.

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Other prominent members include:

Family tree

Family tree of Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Bok Boon
1846–1920
Seow Huan Neo
1850–c. 1931
Lee Hoon Leong
1871–1942
Ko Liem Nio
1883–1959
Lee Chin Koon
1903–1997 [1]
Chua Jim Neo
1907–1980
Lee Kuan Yew
1923–2015
Kwa Geok Choo
1920–2010
Dennis Lee Kim Yew
1925-2003 [2]
Gloria Lee (Woo) Sau Yin [3] Freddy Lee Thiam Yew
1927-2012 [4]
Eleanor Ngo Puay Chin [3] Monica Lee Kim Mon
b. 1929 or 1930 [5]
George Chan Chor Cheung [3] Dr Lee Suan Yew
b. 1933 [6]
Pamela Chong [3]
Wong Ming Yang
1951–1982 [7]
Lee Hsien Loong
b. 1952
Ho Ching
b. 1953
Lee Wei Ling
b. 1955
Lee Hsien Yang
b. 1957
Lim Suet Fern
b. 1958 [8]
Li Xiuqi
b. 1981 [9]
Li Yipeng
b. 1982 [9]
Li Hongyi
b. 1987 [9]
Li Haoyi
b. 1989 [9]
Li Shengwu
b. 1985 [9]
Li Huanwu
b. 1986 [9]
Li Shaowu
b. 1995 [9]

Relation to other prominent families

Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Lee Kuan Yew, is the daughter of Wee Yew Neo, [10] [11] who is in turn the sister of Helene Tan, wife of Tan Chin Tuan. [12] [13] The Tan's are another prominent family in Singapore, whose members include Tony Tan, the 7th President of Singapore, Tan Kim Seng, a Peranakan businessman, and Mr and Mrs Tan Eng Sian, who the College of Alice and Peter Tan are named after. [14] [15]

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