“We will lead in our own way. We will continue to think boldly and think far.”
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Lawrence Wong
Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai is a Singaporean politician and civil servant who has served as the fourth prime minister of Singapore since 2024. A member of the People's Action Party (PAP), he has also served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Marsiling–Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2015 and the minister of finance since 2021. He was an MP for West Coast GRC from 2011 to 2015.
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Born 18 December 1972 · Q6504758
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2026· 3 entries
“This is my promise to all Singaporeans: I will serve you with all my heart. I will never settle for the status quo. I will always seek better ways to make tomorrow better than today.”
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Public attention spiked: 3,701 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.7× the usual 1,011, with 0 article edits.
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2024· 4 entries
“Transcript of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong’s Interview with the Economist on 6 May 2024.”
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Career landmark: Secretary General of the People's Action Party (2024).
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“DPM Lawrence Wong's Interview with Local Media (May 2024)”
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Singapore (2024).
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2023· 1 entry
And 9% in 2024, up from 7% which had been set since 2007
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2022· 3 entries
Awarded Asia's Most Influential Singapore (2022).
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“s postponed plan to increase Singapore”
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Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (2022–2024).
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2021· 2 entries
Awarded Asia's Most Influential Singapore (2021).
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Career landmark: Minister for Finance (2021).
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2020· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister for Education (2020–2021).
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Published “Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 11,582 times.
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2017· 1 entry
Published “ModelFinder: fast model selection for accurate phylogenetic estimates” in Nature Methods — cited 17,366 times.
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2015· 2 entries
Published “A global reference for human genetic variation” in Nature — cited 17,839 times.
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Career landmark: Minister for National Development (2015–2020).
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2014· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (2014–2015).
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2013· 1 entry
Wong also announced the creation of a S$100 million National Youth Fund to champion community and social causes
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1994· 1 entry
And a Master's of Arts in applied economics from the University of Michigan in 1995, under the Public Service Commission scholarship
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1972· 1 entry
Born 1972-12-18.
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1965· 1 entry
“In full: Lawrence Wong's first speech as Singapore Prime Minister”
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