Lee Hsien Loong

The Honourable Lee Hsien Loong MP SPMJ DK
李显龙
Lee in 2023
Senior Minister of Singapore
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 May 2024 Serving with Teo Chee Hean
Prime Minister	Lawrence Wong
Preceded by	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
3rd Prime Minister of Singapore
In office 12 August 2004 – 15 May 2024
President	S. R. Nathan Tony Tan Halimah Yacob Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Deputy	List Tony Tan S. Jayakumar Wong Kan Seng Teo Chee Hean Tharman S. Heng Swee Keat Lawrence Wong
Preceded by	Goh Chok Tong
Succeeded by	Lawrence Wong
Member of Parliament for Ang Mo Kio GRC
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 August 1991
Preceded by	Constituency established
Secretary-General of the People's Action Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 December 2004
Preceded by	Goh Chok Tong
Past offices Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore In office 28 November 1990 – 12 August 2004 Serving with Tony Tan Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong Preceded by Goh Chok Tong Succeeded by S. Jayakumar Minister for Finance In office 10 November 2001 – 1 December 2007 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong Himself Preceded by Richard Hu Succeeded by Tharman Shanmugaratnam Minister for Trade and Industry In office 1 January 1987 – 6 December 1992 Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong Preceded by Tony Tan Succeeded by S. Dhanabalan Member of Parliament for Teck Ghee SMC In office 22 December 1984 – 14 August 1991
Personal details
Born	(1952-02-10) 10 February 1952 (age 72) Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party (PAP)
Spouse(s)	Wong Ming Yang ​ ​ (m. 1978; died 1982)​ Ho Ching ​ (m. 1985)​
Children	Daughter - Li Xiuqi Son - Li Yipeng Son - Li Hongyi Son - Li Haoyi
Parents	Father - Lee Kuan Yew Mother - Kwa Geok Choo
Relatives	Brother - Lee Hsien Yang Sister - Lee Wei Ling
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, Dipl.) Harvard University (MPA) United States Army Command and General Staff College (MMAS)
Signature
Website	Lee Hsien Loong on Facebook
Military service
Branch/service	Singapore Army
Years of service	1971–1984
Rank	Brigadier-General
Commands	Director of the Joint Operations and Plans Directorate Chief of Staff of the General Staff

Lee Hsien Loong (born 10 February 1952) is a Singaporean politician who is currently serving as the Senior Minister of Singapore. He had served as the Prime Minister of Singapore from 2004 to 2024. He is a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Teck Ghee division of Ang Mio Kio Group Member Constituency. He is a member of the People's Action Party (PAP), and he is serving as the Secretary-General of it.

Lee was born in 1952 at Kandang Kerbau Hospital (presently known as KK Women's and Children's Hospital).^[1][2] He is the first child of Lee Kuan Yew and Kwa Geok Choo. Lee Kuan Yew, was the first Prime Minister of Singapore.

Lee studied mathematics and computer science at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1974 and a Master of Public Administration degree at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1980.

Lee joined the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in 1971 and left in 1984. He had the role of brigadier-general.

After leaving the SAF in 1984, he entered politics during the 1984 general elections. In 1987, he became a full member of the Cabinet as Minister for Trade and Industry and Second Minister for Defence. In 1990, Lee Hsien Loong was made a deputy prime minister.

In August 2004, Goh Chok Tong stepped down as Prime Minister, and Lee Hsien Loong took over the position. He then became the General Secretary of People's Action Party (PAP).

1. ↑ "15 ever-so-slightly interesting factoids about PM Lee Hsien Loong, since it's his 15th year as our PM". mothership.sg. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
2. ↑ "Pa was always there for us and taught us lessons in life: PM Lee Hsien Loong at private farewell". The Straits Times. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2020. ... the day I was born, when he [Lee Kuan Yew] visited Mama and the new baby in Kandang Kerbau Hospital, he told her how he was going to represent the postmen's union ...