While Wong has become a familiar political face as a co-leader of the country’s Covid pandemic task force and after unveiling his first budget in February, interest primarily centered on his less public personal life. — Unsplash
Singapore Finance Minister Lawrence Wong became the most Googled person in the city-state last week, when he was chosen by his peers to lead the nation after current premier Lee Hsien Loong.
Lee last week announced that 49-year-old Wong had been chosen as the new leader of the so-called fourth generation team, paving the way for him to become the next prime minister, Singapore’s fourth since independence in 1965.
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