Lucien Wong
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The Honourable Lucien Wong SC |
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| 黄鲁胜 | |
| 9th Attorney-General of Singapore | |
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Assumed office 14 January 2017 |
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| Appointed by | Tony Tan Keng Yam |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | V K Rajah JA, SC |
| Deputy Attorney-General of Singapore | |
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In office 19 December 2016 – 13 January 2017 |
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| Appointed by | Tony Tan Keng Yam |
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| Born | 1953 (age 63–64) |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Alma mater | University of Singapore (LLB) |
Lucien Wong Yuen Kai (Chinese: 黄鲁胜; pinyin: Huáng Lǔ Shèng; born 1953), SC, is a Singaporean lawyer. He is the incumbent Attorney-General of the Republic of Singapore.
Wong graduated from the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1978. He topped his final-year class.
Wong was called to the Singapore Bar in 1979. He started as a legal assistant in Drew & Napier in 1980, becoming a partner in 1982. He then moved to Allen & Gledhill, where he was a partner from 1987 to 1998, before being appointed managing partner from 1998 to 2012, then chairman and senior partner. As a corporate lawyer for over three decades, he specialised in banking, corporate and financial services law. He also sat on law review committees, reviewing amendments to Singaporean company and securities law. He was PM Lee Hsien Loong’s personal lawyer and represented him during the dispute with his siblings over LKY’s estate.
On 25 November 2016, the Prime Minister's Office announced Wong's appointment as the Attorney-General. Wong is the republic's first Attorney-General without prior experience on the Bench nor in the Attorney-General's Chambers, although Law Society president Thio Shen Yi described him as a "well-known corporate visionary" and Senior Counsel Lok Vi Ming said he had "few equals in the legal profession". Parliament also debated his age, as he would be 63 when appointed; however, Law Minister K Shanmugam said that the appointment, being for a specified term, was "in accordance with Article 35 of the Constitution".
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