Lawrence Wong

Lawrence Wong

Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai (Chinese: 黄循财; pinyin: Huáng Xúncái; born 1972) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister for Finance since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is a Member of the 14th Parliament and has been representing the Limbang ward of Marsiling–Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2015. Before entering politics, Wong was a civil servant in the Ministries of Trade and Industry, Finance and Health. He was also Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong from 2005 to 2008, and Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Market Authority from 2008 to 2011. Wong made his political debut in the 2011 general election when he contested as part of a five-member PAP team in West Coast GRC and his team won with about 67% of the vote. Starting from the 2015 general election, he had been contesting in the newly formed Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC and had retained his seat as a Member of Parliament in the 2015 and 2020 general elections. Wong is also a co-chair of a multi-ministerial committee set up by the government in January 2020 to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. He was previously Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (2012–2015), Minister for National Development (2015–2020) and Minister for Education (2020–2021). A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been a Member of Parliament representing the Limbang ward of Marsiling–Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2015. Within the PAP, he is a member of the party's Central Executive Committee and the chairman of the PAP's charity wing.

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