Lawrence Wong: Singapore's guitar-playing new PM

By Agence France-Presse

May 16, 2024 12:13 am

SINGAPORE – Singapore's new head of government, Lawrence Wong, is a United States-trained economist who oversaw the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic — and a pretty good blues guitarist.

The 51-year-old succeeded Lee Hsien Loong as prime minister on Wednesday, making him just the second nonmember of Singapore's founding family in nearly six decades to lead the affluent city-state.

TAKING OVER Singapore’s then-deputy prime minister Lawrence Wong delivers a speech during the reception for the opening of Singaporean state investor Temasek’s office in France’s capital Paris on April 10, 2024. AFP FILE PHOTO

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