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Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai [b] (born 18 December 1972) is a Singaporean politician, economist and former civil servant who has been serving as the fourth prime minister of Singapore since 2024 and the Minister for Finance since 2021.
Lee married his first wife, Wong Ming Yang, a Malaysian-born physician, on 20 May 1978. They have a daughter and a son, Li Xiuqi, born in 1981, and Li Yipeng, born in 1982. Three weeks after giving birth to their son, Wong died of a heart attack on 28 October 1982, at the age of 31. [208]
Lawrence Wong, 51, will take over as prime minister of Singapore on Wednesday, becoming the fourth leader of the Asian financial hub since its independence in 1965. Wong succeeds Lee Hsien Loong ...
Singapore's Lawrence Wong, who becomes on Wednesday the wealthy city-state's first new prime minister in 20 years, took to Tiktok in the years before to engage with citizens, singing, playing ...
Lawrence Wong: Second Minister: Indranee Rajah (2018) Edwin Tong (2020-present) Preceded by: S. Jayakumar: Minister for Foreign Affairs; In office 21 May 2011 – 30 September 2015: Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong: Second Minister: Lui Tuck Yew (2011-2012) Grace Fu (2012-2015) Masagos Zulkifli (2015) Preceded by: George Yeo: Succeeded by ...
Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong vowed to make “tomorrow better than today” as he took his oath of office Wednesday in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure ...
The First Lawrence Wong Cabinet is composed of the following members. On 16 April 2024, then Prime Minister-designate Lawrence Wong announced that then outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong would assume the office of Senior Minister and stay on in his cabinet after stepping down as the Prime Minister on 15 May 2024.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore announced Gan as the new Chairman of MAS from 15 May 2024, the same day Wong relinquished his position as chairman and became Prime Minister, who also appointed Gan as his Deputy Prime Minister in his cabinet whilst retaining his Trade and Industry portfolio. On 12 June 2024, it was announced that Gan had ...