Singapore Faces Biggest-Ever Succession Planning Challenge
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Singapore faces biggest-ever challenge to succession planning
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April 11, 2021
Members of the PAP s 4G leadership team after a press conference at the party s headquarters in Bedok in 2018. From left: Mr Christopher de Souza, Mr Sitoh Yih Pin, Dr Maliki Osman, Ms Indranee Rajah, Mr Chan Chun Sing, Mr Heng Swee Keat, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (back to camera) and Ms Grace Fu.
The Straits Times
What are the implications of his move? We tackle the key questions.
1. How did the 4G get its name?
From the 1G to the 4G, the G was coined by political observers to denote each generational change in leadership for different prime ministers Cabinets.
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Rigid selection process thrown into confusion by heir-apparent’s sudden departure
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The sudden decision by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat (above) to step down from the succession to become the country’s next prime minister, officially because at 60 he is too old to succeed the 69-year-old Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, has raised confusion and intense speculation on who will replace him to become the country’s next leader.
Except for an interregnum from 1990 to 2004 when Goh Chok Tong held office under the watchful eye of modern founder Lee Kuan Yew as “minister mentor,” the Lee family has dominated politics for the entire 62 years since independence in 1959. The process of selecting a new leader has thus been a good deal more fraught than for other countries.