Singapore PM Lee steps down Singapore PM Lee steps down to hand over power to successor
Sunday, 14 Apr 2024 18:30 pm
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"Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced his ..decision to step down and hand over the reins to his successor Lawrence Wong on May 15.
- Wong, currently serving as the deputy prime minister and finance minister ofSingapore, has been a potential candidate for the position since 2002
- PM Lee Hsien Loong described this leadership transit as a 'significant moment
- I will relinquish my role as Prime Minister on 15 May 2024 and Deputy Prime Minister
- Lawrence Wong will be sworn in as the next Prime Minister on the same day.