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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 the current and the fourth Prime Minister of Singapore since 2024 and Minister for Finance since 2021.
Wong Kan Seng PPA(P) (Chinese: 黄根成; pinyin: Huáng Gēnchéng; Jyutping: Wong4 Gan1 Sing4; born 8 September 1946) [2] is a Singaporean former politician who served as 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2005 and 2011 and currently is the chairman of UOB Bank and CapitaLand Group since 2017 and 2021 respectively.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Long-time Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Monday he would hand over power to his designated successor, Lawrence Wong, on May 15, ahead of an election ...
Lawrence Wong: Preceded by: Tharman Shanmugaratnam: 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore; In office 12 August 2004 – 15 May 2024: President: S. R. Nathan Tony Tan Halimah Yacob Tharman Shanmugaratnam: Deputy: Tony Tan S. Jayakumar Wong Kan Seng Teo Chee Hean Tharman Shanmugaratnam Heng Swee Keat Lawrence Wong: Preceded by: Goh Chok Tong: Succeeded ...
Wong succeeds Lee Hsien Loong, the son of the founding father of modern Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, after two decades at the helm. Wong was born on 18 December 1972 to a family he described as ordinary.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said he will hand leadership of the ruling People's Action Party to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as soon as the party ...
In his early years as an actor since 2002, Wong's early roles were limited to minor roles in dramas. Wong had also portrayed real-life convicted murderer Lee Chor Pet, who kidnapped and murdered a rich businessman's teenage son in Singapore in 1968 and later executed in 1973, for which Lee's case was re-enacted and featured in Singapore's local crime show True Files.
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 ...