Singapore - Head of Government

The Hon Lee Hsien Loong is serving his third term in office as Prime Minister of Singapore following victory at the May 2011 general election. He first became Prime Minister in August 2004, and served a second term following victory in the May 2006 general election.

Mr Lee was appointed Chairperson of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation in June 2011.

He served as Minister for Finance from 2001 to 2007.

From 1990 to 2004, Mr Lee was Deputy Prime Minister with responsibilities for economic and civil service matters. In 1998 he was appointed Chairperson of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and served in the post until 2004. Mr Lee was Minister for Trade and Industry from 1987 to 1992. From 1987 to 1990, he held the concurrent post of Second Minister for Defence. Mr Lee had risen through the ranks from his first appointment as Minister of State for Trade and Industry, and Minister for Defence from 1984 to 1987.

Mr Lee is the Secretary-General of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), a post held since December 2004. He served as First Assistant Secretary-General from 1992 to 2004, and Second Assistant Secretary-General from 1989 to 1992. Mr Lee was elected to the PAP’s Central Executive Committee in 1986 after becoming a Member of Parliament in 1984.

Before his entry into politics, Mr Lee was a Brigadier-General in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). He joined the SAF in 1971 and held various staff and command posts. Mr Lee attended the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, from 1978 to 1979. He was the first Director of the Joint Operations and Plans Directorate (1983–84), and Chief of Staff of the General Staff (1982–84).

Mr Lee has a Master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University, USA, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Mr Lee was born on 10 February 1952.

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