Born and raised in Singapore during British colonial rule, Lee is the eldest son of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew.
Lee merupakan anak sulung dari pendiri Singapura sekaligus mantan Perdana Menteri Lee Kuan Yew.
Lee served in several cabinet roles under Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong before succeeding the latter to becoming prime minister in 2004.
Pada 12 Agustus 2004, Lee menggantikan Goh Chok Tong sebagai Perdana Menteri.
Early in his term, his government enacted a five-day work week and extended maternity leave.
Dua tahun pertama pemerintahannya, ia merilis kebijakan kerja lima hari dalam seminggu dan memperpanjang cuti kehamilan.
Lee tendered his resignation as prime minister alongside his cabinet to President Tharman Shanmugaratnam on 13 May 2024, with effect from 15 May 2024.
Lee mengundurkan diri sebagai perdana menteri dan menyerahkan surat pengundurannya kepada Presiden Tharman Shanmugaratnam pada 13 Mei 2024 dan berlaku dari 15 Mei 2024.
Lee was subsequently appointed as senior minister by Lee's successor Lawrence Wong in his new cabinet while remaining as the chairman of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC) on 15 May 2024.
Lee kemudian ditunjuk sebagai Menteri Senior Singapura dibawah kabinet penerusnya Lawrence Wong sambil tetap menjabat sebagai ketua Dewan Penelitian, Inovasi, dan Perusahaan pada 15 Mei 2024.
As the eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew, Lee's career has been shadowed by allegations of nepotism.
Singapura pertama Lee Kuan Yew, karier Lee dibayang-bayangi oleh tuduhan nepotisme.
In June 2017, Lee became embroiled in a dispute with his brother Lee Hsien Yang and sister Lee Wei Ling, over the fate of their father's house at 38 Oxley Road.
Pada Juli 2017, Lee Hsien Loong bertikai dengan kedua saudaranya, Lee Hsien Yang dan Lee Wei Ling mengenai wasiat ayah mereka Lee Kuan Yew mengenai rumahnya di 38 Oxley Road.
Founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew was averse to a cult of personality.
Tidak seperti pemimpin pendiri negara pada umumnya, Lee Kuan Yew tidak begitu suka dengan kultus individu.
It shows that the Government and I have acted properly and with due process."
Ini menunjukkan bahwa Pemerintah dan saya telah bertindak dengan benar dan sesuai proses hukumnya."
He left open options to convene a select committee or Commission of Inquiry should substantive evidence be presented.
Dia membiarkan pilihan terbuka untuk membentuk komite terpilih atau Komisi Penyelidikan jika bukti substantif dapat disajikan.
In December 2018, Lee sued Leong Sze Hian, a prominent government critic, for sharing an online article on his Facebook page alleging that former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak had signed "secret deals" with Lee to secure help from Singaporean banks to facilitate money laundering from Malaysia's government-run strategic development company 1Malaysia Development Berhad, in what became known as the 1MDB scandal.
Pada Desember 2018, Lee menuntut kritikus pemerintah Leong Sze Hian karena membagikan sebuah postingan Facebook yang menyatakan bahwa mantan Perdana Menteri Malaysia Najib Razak membuat perjanjian rahasia dengan Lee untuk mendapatkan bantuan dari bank-bank Singapura guna memfasilitasi pencucian uang dari perusahaan pengembangan strategis milik pemerintah Malaysia, 1Malaysia Development Berhad, dalam skandal yang kemudian dikenal sebagai 1MDB.
Lee's lawyers claimed that Lee had been "gravely injured in his character and reputation" and "brought into public scandal, odium and contempt".
Pengacara Lee mengklaim bahwa Lee telah "sangat dirugikan dalam karakter dan reputasinya" dan "terlibat dalam skandal publik, penghinaan, dan hinaan".
Leong removed the post thereafter but justified his actions by claiming that it was "a matter of public interest... whether or not it was correct" and filed a countersuit against Lee, claiming that the lawsuit proceedings against him were "an abuse of the process of the court".
Leong kemudian menghapus postingannya, tetapi membenarkan tindakannya dengan mengklaim bahwa hal itu merupakan "masalah kepentingan publik... terlepas dari apakah hal itu benar atau tidak" dan mengajukan gugatan balik terhadap Lee, dengan mengklaim bahwa proses gugatan terhadapnya merupakan "penyalahgunaan proses pengadilan".
The Court of Appeal dismissed the countersuit in September 2019, citing that Singapore law does not recognise the concept of the abuse of court process.
Pengadilan Banding menolak gugatan balik tersebut pada September 2019, dengan alasan bahwa hukum Singapura tidak mengakui konsep penyalahgunaan proses pengadilan.
In October 2020, Lee took the stand in a four-day trial in the High Court against Leong, who was defended by lawyer Lim Tean, secretary-general of the opposition party Peoples Voice.
Pada bulan Oktober 2020, Lee memberikan kesaksian dalam persidangan empat hari di Pengadilan Tinggi terhadap Leong, yang dibela oleh pengacara Lim Tean, sekretaris jenderal partai oposisi Peoples Voice.
In an opening statement, Lee's lawyer Davinder Singh said that 1MDB had become "a byword for corruption and criminal activity" and that Leong's sharing the post might have implied that "Lee was complicit in criminal activity relating to 1MDB".
Dalam pernyataan pembukaannya, pengacara Lee, Davinder Singh, mengatakan bahwa 1MDB telah menjadi "sinonim untuk korupsi dan aktivitas kriminal" dan bahwa postingan Leong tersebut mungkin menyiratkan bahwa "Lee terlibat dalam aktivitas kriminal yang berkaitan dengan 1MDB".
Lee claimed that he was compelled to file the suit because not to do so would have raised questions, given his history of filing lawsuits against defamatory statements.
Lee mengklaim bahwa ia terpaksa mengajukan gugatan tersebut karena jika tidak melakukannya akan menimbulkan pertanyaan, mengingat sejarahnya mengajukan gugatan terhadap pernyataan yang mencemarkan nama baik.
Leong did not take the witness stand, with Lim arguing that it was unnecessary for Leong to give evidence, and that it was Lee's responsibility to prove that Leong's actions were malicious and had damaged Lee's reputation.
Leong tidak hadir sebagai saksi, sementara Lim berargumen bahwa Leong tidak perlu memberikan bukti, dan Lee bertanggung jawab untuk membuktikan bahwa tindakan Leong bersifat jahat dan telah merusak reputasinya.
Leong was found guilty in March 2021 of defamation and ordered to pay damages to Lee.
Leong divonis bersalah pada Maret 2021 dan diperintah untuk membayar ganti rugi kepada Lee.
Lee married his first wife, Wong Ming Yang, a Malaysian-born physician, on 20 May 1978.
Lee menikahi istri pertamanya, Wong Ming Yang, seorang dokter kelahiran Malaysia, pada tanggal 20 Mei 1978.
They have a daughter and a son, Li Xiuqi, born in 1981, and Li Yipeng, born in 1982.
Mereka memiliki seorang putri dan seorang putra, Li Xiuqi, lahir pada tahun 1981, dan Li Yipeng, lahir pada tahun 1982.
Three weeks after giving birth to their son, Wong died of a heart attack on 28 October 1982, at the age of 31.
Tiga minggu setelah melahirkan putra mereka, Wong meninggal karena serangan jantung pada tanggal 28 Oktober 1982, pada usia 31 tahun.
In 1985, Lee remarried to Ho Ching, a President's Scholar and civil servant who subsequently became the executive director and chief executive officer of Temasek Holdings.
Ho Ching merupakan seorang pegawai negeri sipil yang terampil yang kemudian diangkat sebagai direktur eksekutif dan CEO Temasek Holdings.
They have two sons, Li Hongyi and Li Haoyi.
Mereka dikaruniai dua orang putra, Li Hongyi dan Li Haoyi.
Their younger son, Li Haoyi, is a software engineer who has written books on the Scala programming language.
Sementara putra bungsu Li Haoyi adalah seorang teknisi software yang menulis buku dengan mesin bahasa pemrograman Scala.
Lee was initially diagnosed with lymphoma, for which he underwent chemotherapy in the early 1990s.
Lee pernah menderita limfoma pada awal dekade 1990an, di mana ia harus menjalankan kemoterapi untuk pengobatannya.
He subsequently underwent a successful robot-assisted keyhole prostatectomy on 15 February 2015 after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Ia juga menderita kanker prostat di mana ia berhasil sembuh setelah menjalani operasi prostatektomi lubang kunci dengan bantuan robot yang berhasil pada tanggal 15 Februari 2015.
Lee is interested in computer programming and has written a Sudoku solver in C++ in his spare time.
Lee memiliki hobi program komputer dan pada waktu luangnya ia menulis sebuah pemecah Sudoku di platform C++.
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