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Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai (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.
Aug 16, 2021 · Finance Minister Lawrence Wong paid tribute to his father who has just passed away in a Facebook post on Aug. 16. Wong revealed that he had bade a final farewell to his father today which...
Mr Lawrence Wong is the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. He is also a member of the GIC Board and chairs the GIC’s Investment Strategies Committee. Mr Wong is the Deputy Secretary-General of the People’s Action Party.
Sep 16, 2023 · Also the wife of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong. Although Loo's cameos on the ceremony's livestream were sparse and fleeting, it didn't stop one of her fans from...
- Marine Parade Boy…
- … and Neighbourhood Schoolboy
- Becoming PPS to PM Lee
- Reputation as Policy Wonk
- Thrust Into The Covid-19 Spotlight
- Budget Debut
- Music and Dogs
- Fronting Major Speeches
Mr Wong grew up in what he has described as an "ordinary family" in the Marine Parade HDB estate. His father, who died in August last year at age 86, was born in China's Hainan Island and left for Ipoh in Malaysia as a young boy. After completing his secondary education, the elder Mr Wong moved to Singapore to work in sales for Sime Darby. It was a...
Mr Wong attended a People's Action Party Community Foundation (PCF) kindergarten in Marine Parade before going to Haig Boys' Primary, where his mother taught. He remembers her as being a disciplinarian both in school and at home, and how that gave him "a strong sense of responsibility". It also ingrained in him the ethos of making sure he does some...
After he returned to Singapore, Mr Wong was posted to the Ministry of Trade and Industry and did economic modelling. He then rose through the ranks in the finance and health ministries. As director of healthcare finance at the Ministry of Health, he implemented reforms to MediShield to provide Singaporeans with better protection against large hospi...
Early in Mr Wong's career, he rebuffed offers from the private sector to stay on in the Government, which he felt allowed him to do different projects and shape schemes that could help Singaporeans. He said he found it meaningful going down to the ground to explain policies - which could be the reason why he has garnered a reputation for being a po...
In 2020, then Health Minister Gan Kim Yong had an idea to assemble a group to lead Singapore's fight against an emerging pandemic. Mr Wong was his pick to co-chair what would eventually be the multi-ministry task force (MTF) on Covid-19. Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, who was acting prime minister while PM Lee was away, called Mr Wong to tel...
After nearly two years of frequent appearances as co-chairman of the multi-ministry task force tackling the pandemic, Mr Wong put on a different hat in February 2022, delivering his first Budget statementsince assuming the portfolio of Finance Minister in May 2021. It was a significant Budget, packed with progressive tax measures aimed not only at ...
Mr Wong's Instagram bio still reads "bookworm, guitar player and dog lover". His father gave him a guitar when he was eight, and he still speaks about music with real enthusiasm. Where schoolmates had pictures of their favourite celebrities in school files, he had a picture of Eric Clapton's guitar. Mr Wong loves rock, blues and soul, and jazz sing...
After the 2020 General Election, it was Mr Wong who helmed a press conference to share preliminary findings from the PAP's post-mortem. He is a member of the party's top decision-making central executive committee, and adviser to the PAP Policy Forum, which organises regular dialogues for rank-and-file party members to engage government leaders on ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, the son of a sales manager father and school teacher mother, will take over the leadership reins from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on May 15.
May 13, 2024 · SINGAPORE – As Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong prepares to helm the Government from May 15, The Straits Times compiles seven things about the 51-year-old leader. 1. Leading the Forward ...
