The general election of 2011 was yet another watershed election due to the first time a GRC was lost by the ruling party PAP, to the opposition party WP.[78] Four years later, Lee Kuan Yew, founding father and first Prime Minister of Singapore, died on 23 March 2015. Singapore declared a period of national mourning from 23–29 March.[79] There was a golden jubilee weekend, featuring an extra holiday on 2015. Fun packs, which are usually given to people who attend the NDP was given to every singaporean and PR house holds. The NDP was the first one without the founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew. Therefore, there was a tribute to him that NDP. The NDP was also the first which foreign dignitaries were invited over to see the parade.