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Title: Most successful politician ever? Post by: Woodsey on March 29, 2015, 10:58:06 AM Just seeing on the news that the first Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew died recently. Just got me thinking whether another politician has achieved as much as this guy? He basically led Singapore to being one of the wealthiest countries in the world from about 1960 or so...
Title: Re: Most successful politician ever? Post by: tikay on March 29, 2015, 11:07:24 AM I never knew much about him until his recent death, but I had a read up, & it's hard to think of any other Leader or Politician in the world who has achieved so much. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew Title: Re: Most successful politician ever? Post by: tikay on March 29, 2015, 11:10:30 AM Pretty unusual hearse, that. (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/image/1739826/1427255447000/large16x9/768/432/lee-kuan-yew-casket-en.jpg) Title: Re: Most successful politician ever? Post by: kukushkin88 on March 29, 2015, 03:20:12 PM I like William Wilberforce and Abraham Lincoln to be contenders for this title. Others would have done it had they not but what they helped to achieve moved mankind forward enormously. Title: Re: Most successful politician ever? Post by: kinboshi on March 29, 2015, 06:59:43 PM Maybe not the most 'successful' ever, but Indira Gandhi made a huge impact.
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