PETALING JAYA: The Prime Minister’s Office in Singapore has introduced that Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Lawrence Wong will formally assume the function of Singapore’s Prime Minister on May 15.
The announcement, which was issued right this moment, comes as present Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who led the nation since 2004, prepares to step down, as reported by Channel News Asia.
“Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will relinquish his workplace on 15 May 2024. He will formally advise the President to appoint Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Mr Lawrence Wong to succeed him,“ in accordance to the assertion.
The assertion additionally acknowledged that Wong has the unanimous backing of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) Members of Parliament, strengthening his place to take excessive job.
The ceremony is scheduled for 8pm on the (*15*), the workplace of the Singapore’s President.
The handover plan was first revealed late final yr when Lee hinted he would cross the function to Wong earlier than the next normal election, which should be known as by November 2025.
However, the plan was revised from Lee’s preliminary intention to resign earlier than his seventieth birthday in 2022, due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Wong’s impending takeover of the workplace has been anticipated for a while when he was named the chief of the PAP’s fourth-generation (4G) group two years in the past, positioning him because the doubtless next Prime Minister after its earlier chief, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, stepped apart in 2021 due to age and a scarcity of clear path to the highest function.
This implies that Wong will become Singapore’s fourth Prime Minister, following Lee Hsien Loong, Goh Chok Tong, and the nation’s founder, Lee Kuan Yew.
