新加坡首任总理李光耀逝世

Singapore's first prime minister Lee KuanYew, one of the towering figures of post-colonial Asian politics, died Monday in hospital, the government said.

作为后殖民时代亚洲最显著的政治人物之一，新加坡首任总理李光耀周一于医院病逝，新加坡政府说。

Lee's son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said in a statement that he was "deeply grieved to announce th e passing of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore".

他的儿子总理李显龙在一份声明中说他“非常悲伤的宣布李光耀先生，新加坡建国总理逝世”。

"Mr Lee passed away peacefully at the Singapore General Hospital today at 3.18 am," the statement said. He was 91.

“今天凌晨3点18分李先生在新新加坡总医院安静的去世”。声明中说道。享年91岁。

The elder Lee, who dominated Singaporepolitics for more than half a century, had been in hospital since February 5 with severe pneumonia.

李光耀主宰新加坡政治长达半个多世纪之久，2月5号就住院了，得了严重的肺炎。

Two years before he died, he disclosed thathe had signed a medical directive instructing doctors not to use anylife-sustaining treatment if he could not be resuscitated.

两年前，他披露说他已经签署了一个医疗指令，如果他不能苏醒，那么就医生就没必要对他进行维生治疗。

Lee was prime minister from 1959, when colonial ruler Britain granted Singapore self-rule, to 1990. He led Singapore to independence in 1965 after a brief and stormy union with Malaysia.

李从1959年开始担任总理,当时殖民统治者英国同意新加坡自治到1990年。期间与马来西亚简短的合并成一个国家后，1965年他带领新加坡获得独立。

The widely revered patriarch's death is likely to cast a pall over preparations for the city-state's 50th anniversary of independence on August 9.

这位广受尊敬的开国总理的死亡将给8月9日的独立50周年纪念日的准备工作笼罩上阴影。

Prime Minister Lee also announced his father's death on his Facebook page and was immediately flooded with messages of condolence.

李显龙还在脸书上发表了自己父亲的死讯，立即获得众多的慰问。