Singapore PM Lee submits resignation as Lawrence Wong nominates cabinet

Outgoing head of govt will be a senior minister in successor’s executive line-up

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SINGAPORE – Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong submitted his resignation to President Tharman Shanmugaratnam today, saying he and his government would resign on Wednesday, reported Xinhua. 

Lee said in the letter that he advised the president to invite Lawrence Wong to form the next government.

Tharman accepted Lee’s resignation and said he would appoint Wong as prime minister and invite him to form the new government.

Gan Kim Yong and Heng Swee Keat will be deputy prime ministers in the new government, Wong announced at a press conference.

Gan will remain as trade and industry minister, and replace Wong as chairman of the republic’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Lee and Teo Chee Hean will be senior ministers in the new cabinet, said Wong, who will remain as finance minister. – May 13, 2024

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