serviceyears branch native_name_lang children religion president allegiance office native_name signature rank image article_title name alma_mater
1971 -- 1984 singapore zh-hans xiuqi yipeng hongyi haoyi none sellapan ramanathan ho ching -lrb- 1985 -- present -rrb- singapore 3rd prime minister of singapore 李显龙 lee hsien loong signature.png brigadier general lee cropped.jpg hsien-loong - world economic forum annual meeting 2012 lee hsien loong
 lee hsien loong trinity command and general staff college college , cambridge harvard university united states army
lee hsien loong

lee hsien loong -lrb- , pinyin : `` lǐ xiǎnlóng '' ; born 10 february 1952 -rrb- is a singaporean politician .
he is the third and current prime minister of singapore , and has been in office since 2004 .
he is the elder son of singapore 's first prime minister , lee kuan yew .
as the secretary-general of the people 's action party -lrb- pap -rrb- , lee became prime minister in august 2004 , succeeding goh chok tong .
he has been a member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for teck ghee since 1984 and a member of the cabinet since 1987 , and was one of the key leaders in singapore 's political transition in the 1980s and 1990s .
before becoming prime minister in 2004 he served as the minister for trade and industry , minister for finance and deputy prime minister .
prior to his election to parliament , he served as an officer in the singapore armed forces , quickly rising to the rank of brigadier-general .
