Lawrence Wong
Prime Minister of Singapore since May 2024, previously deputy prime minister and finance minister.
Lawrence Wong has been Singapore's Prime Minister since May 2024; his government's Skills and Workforce Development Agency launched on 16 September 2026, giving citizens free access to AI tools.
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Announced the agency's launch at the SkillsFuture Festival
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Lawrence Wong is Prime Minister of Singapore, a role he has held since May 2024, having previously served as deputy prime minister and finance minister.
His government launched the Skills and Workforce Development Agency on 16 September 2026, merging two existing bodies and offering citizens six months of free access to premium AI tools alongside more than 200 AI courses.
The launch fits a wider pattern under Wong's government of using direct state funding, rather than regulation alone, to manage AI's effect on Singapore's workforce.
As prime minister, Wong chairs the government that funds SWDA's programmes, but the agency itself, not his office, administers the training subsidies and AI tool access day to day.
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