Singapore deputy PM Wong to lead ruling party before general election - PM

Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong delivers the Singapore Energy Lecture during the 15th Singapore International Energy Week, in Singapore October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel Kua/File Photo

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said he will hand leadership of the ruling People's Action Party to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as soon as the party's 70th anniversary in November 2024, a year before an election is due.

The party is widely expected to extend its dominance of a nation it has ruled since independence in 1965, meaning Wong is likely to become the next - and Singapore's fourth - premier.