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Lawrence Wong

Prime Minister of Singapore, 2024 to present

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Succeeded Lee Hsien Loong as prime minister and led the People’s Action Party to another large majority in 2025, after serving as finance minister and co-chairing Singapore’s COVID-19 task force.

Lawrence Wong sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, strongly tech-optimist on technology and leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Lawrence Wong sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Lawrence Wong

Felipe González Prime Minister of Spain, 1982 to 199698%Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India, 2004 to 201498%Lee Kuan Yew Prime Minister of Singapore, 1959 to 199098%Petteri Orpo Prime Minister of Finland, 2023 to present97%Helmut Schmidt Chancellor of West Germany, 1974 to 198297%Valéry Giscard d’Estaing President of France, 1974 to 198197%Gerhard Schröder Chancellor of Germany, 1998 to 200597%Larry Summers American economist and former US Treasury Secretary97%

People furthest from Lawrence Wong

Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 19109%Dorothy Day American journalist and Catholic Worker founder, 1897 to 198011%Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 194011%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 200614%

Political views closest to Lawrence Wong

TechnocracyPrefers that trained experts rather than politicians make key decisions.99%OrdoliberalismFavors competitive markets protected by firm rules and a strong state, the basis of…96%Social market economyKeeps markets competitive but backs them with rules, social insurance and partnership…95%Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.95%

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