Lawrence Wong


Lawrence Wong
黄循财
Wong in 2023
4th Prime Minister of Singapore
Assumed office
15 May 2024
PresidentTharman Shanmugaratnam
DeputyGan Kim Yong
Heng Swee Keat
Preceded byLee Hsien Loong
Minister for Finance
Assumed office
15 May 2021
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Himself
Preceded byHeng Swee Keat
Ministerial offices 2012–⁠2024
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
In office
13 June 2022 – 15 May 2024
Serving with Heng Swee Keat
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byTharman Shanmugaratnam
Teo Chee Hean
Succeeded byGan Kim Yong
Heng Swee Keat
Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore
In office
8 July 2023 – 15 May 2024
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byTharman Shanmugaratnam
Succeeded byGan Kim Yong
Minister for Education
In office
27 July 2020 – 14 May 2021
Preceded byOng Ye Kung
Succeeded byChan Chun Sing
Second Minister for Finance
In office
22 August 2016 – 14 May 2021
Serving with Indranee Rajah (2018–2021)
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byLim Hwee Hua
Minister for National Development
In office
1 October 2015 – 26 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byKhaw Boon Wan
Succeeded byDesmond Lee
Second Minister for Communications and Information
In office
1 May 2014 – 30 September 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth
In office
1 May 2014 – 30 September 2015
Acting: 1 November 2012 – 30 April 2014
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byChan Chun Sing (Acting Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports)
Succeeded byGrace Fu
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC
Limbang Division
Assumed office
11 September 2015
Preceded byConstituency established
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for West Coast GRC
Boon Lay Division
In office
7 May 2011 – 24 August 2015
Preceded byHo Geok Choo
Succeeded byPatrick Tay
Personal details
Born
Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai

(1972-12-18) 18 December 1972 (age 51)
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Spouse(s)Loo Tze Lui[a]
Education
OccupationCivil servant, politician
ProfessionEconomist
Signature
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese黄循财
Traditional Chinese黃循財

Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai (Chinese: 黄循财; pinyin: Huáng Xúncái; born 18 December 1972)[1] is a Singaporean politician, economist and former civil servant. He has been the Prime Minister of Singapore since 2024. He is also the Minister for Finance since 2021. A member of the governing PAP, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Limbang division of Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC since 2015.
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  1. "MP | Parliament of Singapore".

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