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Singapore budget to be defining test of Lawrence Wong’s leadership: analysts • Feb. 16, 2025, 10:14 PM ET (South China Morning Post)
Three-term MP Ang Wei Neng hopes to continue serving residents in West Coast GRC • Feb. 15, 2025, 1:53 AM ET (Straits Times)
Singapore PM Warns of 'Third World War' Over US and China Relations • Jan. 24, 2025, 3:57 AM ET (Newsweek)

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Born December 18, 1972 (age 52) • Singapore
Title / Office prime minister (2024-), Singapore
Political Affiliation People’s Action Party

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Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew
prime minister of Singapore
Lee Hsien Loong
prime minister of Singapore
Goh Chok Tong
prime minister of Singapore
David Saul Marshall
chief minister of Singapore
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Sir Stamford Raffles
British colonial agent
John Crawfurd
British scholar and diplomat
Yamashita Tomoyuki
Yamashita Tomoyuki
Japanese general