SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Sunday he planned to bow out and hand over power to his deputy, Lawrence Wong, late next year, before the 2025 general election.

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has called for restraint and dialogue between Thailand and Cambodia, urging an ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — 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 ...

Lawrence Wong, left, is sworn in as prime minister next to President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, centre, and Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon [Edgar Su/Pool via AFP] Published On 15 May 2024 15 May 2024.

Lawrence Wong set to take centre stage as Singapore’s new prime minister. The 51-year-old will be sworn in as the city-state’s fourth leader since 1965 in a ceremony on May 15.

SINGAPORE, May 15 (Reuters) - Singapore's Lawrence Wong was sworn in on Wednesday as its fourth premier since independence, promising to lead the wealthy city state his own way after completing a ...

Lawrence Wong takes takes over as prime minister from his predecessor Lee Hsien Loong, ... Get Tri-state area news delivered to your inbox with NBC New York's News Headlines newsletter.

Singaporeans voted on Saturday in a general election that is seen as the first key test of support for prime minister Lawrence Wong, who took office last year.. His People’s Action Party is ...

DPM Wong, who is 51, had been the presumptive next prime minister since April 2022, when he was picked by his peers as the leader of the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) 4G team. Before DPM Wong ...

SINGAPORE: Although the ruling People's Action Party's (PAP) fourth generation (4G) leaders agreed back in 2022 that all of them stood a chance to become the next Prime Minister, Mr Lawrence Wong ...

Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong speaks to the media during a joint press conference at the government house on November 28, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Lawrence Wong has been sworn in as Singapore’s first new prime minister in 20 years and only its fourth leader since independence, capping a carefully calibrated power transfer aimed at ensuring ...