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Lee Hsien Loong is a Singaporean politician serving as the current and third Prime Minister of Singapore since 2004. He took over the leadership of the People's Action Party when former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong stepped down from the position to become the new Senior Minister. Lee then led his party to victory in the 2006, 2011 and 2015 general elections. He began his current term on 15 January 2016 following the opening of Singapore's 13th Parliament. Lee is the eldest son of Singapore's first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew.

Lee graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, as Senior Wrangler - the top mathematics undergraduate in 1974, and gaining a Diploma in Computer Science with distinction as well. He later earned a Master of Public Administration at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. From 1971 to 1984, he served in the Singapore Armed Forces where he rose to the rank of brigadier general. He won his first election for Member of Parliament in 1984, contesting as a member of the People's Action Party. Under Singapore's second prime minister, Goh Chok Tong, Lee served as the Minister for Trade and Industry, Minister for Finance and Deputy Prime Minister. Wikipedia  

✵ 10. February 1952
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Famous Lee Hsien Loong Quotes

“If you calculate the price of everything in this world, you will miss out on the real important things.”

Lee Hsien Loong

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/trump-kim-summit-will-cost-about-20-million-to-host-says-pm-lee
Lee answered question about the cost of 2018 Trump-Kim summit.

“Right now we have Low Thia Khiang, Chiam See Tong, Steve Chia. We can deal with them. Suppose you had 10, 15, 20 opposition members in Parliament. Instead of spending my time thinking what is the right policy for Singapore, I'm going to spend all my time thinking what's the right way to fix them, to buy my supporters votes, how can I solve this week's problem and forget about next year's challenges?”

Lee Hsien Loong

On why Singaporeans cannot vote in too many Opposition candidates. Channel NewsAsia, May 3, 2006. Politics and Change in Singapore and Hong Kong https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=0WKPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT192&lpg=PT192&dq=Right+now+we+have+Low+Thia+Khiang,+Chiam+See+Tong,+Steve+Chia&source=bl&ots=76lI1MPB40&sig=zXnNwZuec_ceVfGBZ_3dI3nIXPE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCo6udlc7SAhVHEbwKHQxICfMQ6AEIKDAG#v=onepage&q=Right%20now%20we%20have%20Low%20Thia%20Khiang%2C%20Chiam%20See%20Tong%2C%20Steve%20Chia&f=false

“There is no policy too sensitive to question, and no subject so taboo that you cannot even mention it.”

Lee Hsien Loong

DPM Lee Hsien Loong, Straits Times, 17 Jan 2000

“Our citizens put up chilies and onions to prevent the rain from falling.”

Lee Hsien Loong

2008 Singapore Grand Prix

“You put out a funny podcast, you talk about bak chor mee. I will say mee siam mai hum.”

Lee Hsien Loong

National Day Rally, 2006

“I thanked the President [George W. Bush] for the steadfastness and resolve with which he's tackling the very complicated problems in the Middle East and Iraq, as well as the Israel-Palestinian issue…. It's critical for us in Southeast Asia that America does that…. because it affects America's standing in Asia and the world, and also the security environment in Asia because extremists, the jihadists, watch carefully what's happening in the Middle East and take heart, or lose heart, depending on what's happening.”

Lee Hsien Loong

President Bush Welcomes Prime Minister Lee of Singapore to the White House http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070504-3.html# May 4, 2007

“The Offending Words and Images, in their natural and ordinary meaning, mean and were understood to mean that I, as the Prime Minister of Singapore and Chairman of GIC, am guilty of criminal misappropriation of the monies paid by Singaporeans to the CPF.”

Lee Hsien Loong

Lee in his defamation lawsuit against CPF activist Roy Ngerng. https://advox.globalvoices.org/2014/05/31/singapore-prime-minister-sues-blogger-for-defamation/

“(In) Shanghai, if you want some pork soup, you just turn on the tap.”

Lee Hsien Loong

In an after dinner speech to US businessmen on 03 April 2013. https://www.yahoo.com/news/singapore-pm-draws-laughs-us-speech-112612634.html http://shanghaiist.com/2013/04/04/singapore_prime_minister_lee_hsien_loong_makes_jokes_about_china.php

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