Lee Hsien Loong




Lee Hsien Loong (Chinese:李显龙; born 10 February 1952) is a Singaporean politician. He is the current and third Prime Minister of Singapore and has been in office since 2004. He is the eldest son of Singapore's first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew.
Lee graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University in 1974 and later earned a Master of Public Administration at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. From 1974 to 1984, he served in the Singapore Armed Forces where he rose to the rank of Brigadier-General. He won his first elections for Member of Parliament in 1984, contesting as a member of the People's Action Party. Under second prime minister Goh Chok Tong, he served as the Minister for Trade and Industry, Minister for Finance and Deputy Prime Minister.