Using the photo taken by John Dominis in 1959, on the day when the People’s Action Party won the general elections in Singapore -- making Lee Kuan Yew the budding nation state's first prime minister -- the latest Asia edition of Time Magazine honours the recently deceased "founding father of Singapore." More photos from Time.

Lee Kuan Yew died on 23 March 23 at the age of 91.

Editor's note: SENATUS is a company proudly founded in Singapore and we owe our deepest gratitude to Lee Kuan Yew for devoting his life's work to the building of this nation.