August 12.2004-3 Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong succeeded Goh Chok Tong took office
(Jiashen June 27), August 12, 2004, Lee Hsien Loong succeeded Goh Chok Tong took office 3 Singapore Prime Minister.
Lee Hsien Loong (February 10, 1952 - Lee Hsien Loong), 3rd Prime Minister of the Government of Singapore, the Secretary-General of the People's Action Party. Native of Guangdong Dabu County, Chinese descent. Lee Hsien Loong is the eldest son of Singapore's former Prime Minister of the "father of the current Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. The assumption of the date of August 12, 2004, predecessor as Minister Goh Chok Tong. Office on several occasions during the visit to China. Talks with Premier Wen Jiabao in 2009, signed a new free trade agreements and labor cooperation memorandum of understanding, the Singapore media has commented on the move "greatly push forward the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries".
Lee Hsien Loong, in 1974 obtained a first class honors degree of the University of Cambridge Mathematical and computer Excellence Diploma. In 1978, he participate in the Kansas Army Command and General Staff training. In 1979, he studied at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and a Master's degree in public administration. before entering politics in the Singapore Armed Forces
Minister Lee Hsien Loong in service for 13 years, a former armed forces chief of staff and joint operations and planning Secretary permission to the rank of general. In December 1984, he was elected to Congress. After that, he served as the Chief Minister of the Ministry of National Defense, the Chairman of the National Economic Council, the Department of Trade and Industry on behalf of Minister and the Minister of Trade and Industry, and has served as the Minister of Home Affairs of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Department of Defense the second Ministers and the Chairman of the Monetary Authority. In November 1990, he served as the Deputy Prime Minister, as the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in August 2004. In December of the same year was elected Secretary-General of the People's Action Party. In May 2006, he was re-elected Prime Minister. In December 2007, he was the outgoing Secretary of the Treasury.
Lee Hsien Loong was the 1985, 1995, 2000 and 2004, four visits to China. In September 1999, after attending the fourth meeting of the Joint Committee of the new industrial park in Suzhou, Shanghai. Official visit to China from October 24, 2005 to 30th. An official visit to China in October 2008 and to attend the seventh Asia-Europe Summit was held in Beijing.
his wife, Ho Ching, executive director of Temasek Holdings of Singapore, and in 1985 married Lee Hsien Loong.
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