page_title: Lee Hsien Loong
section_title: Foreign policy
hierarchical_section_title: Lee Hsien Loong / Foreign policy
caption_attribution_description: President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong &#x7c; July 8, 2017 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
context_page_description: Lee Hsien Loong is a Singaporean politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Singapore and leader and secretary-general of the People's Action Party since 2004. Lee led the party to victory in the 2006, 2011, 2015 and 2020 general elections, with his current term beginning on 27 July 2020. He is expected to step down as prime minister before the next general election and be succeeded by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat.
  Lee graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University in 1974 and earned a Bachelor of Mathematics as the top undergraduate and a Diploma in Computer Science with distinction. He later earned a Master of Public Administration at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Between 1971 to 1984, he served in the Singapore Armed Forces where he rose to the rank of brigadier general. Lee entered civilian politics in 1984, winning his first election for Member of Parliament in Teck Ghee SMC, and has represented Ang Mo Kio GRC since 1991. Under the second prime minister, Goh Chok Tong, Lee served as trade and industry minister, finance minister and deputy prime minister before succeeding Goh as part of a leadership renewal on 3 December 2004.
caption: Lee and U.S. President Donald Trump, 8 July 2017
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