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Plans for leadership change derailed in Singapore as designated future prime minister steps aside | South China Morning Post

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Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat has stepped aside as the designated next leader who would take over when current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong retires. Heng made the unexpected announcement in a letter published in local media on April 8, 2021, prompting a major shake-up of the succession plans of …

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