Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he will hand over power to his deputy Lawrence Wong before the country’s next general election, and signaled the transition could come as early as 2024.
Singapore to change prime minister for the first time in 20 years, Lee Hsien Loong announces resignation. Prime Minister Lee is now 3 years old, and although it was decided to transfer power to Deputy Prime Minister Wong, he had not revealed the timing of the change until now. The eldest son of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, Lee became the third prime minister in 2004 and has been responsible for running the government of one of Asia's largest economies.
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