Fifth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet

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Fifth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet
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17th Cabinet of Singapore
2020-2024
Lee Hsien Loong 2016 (cropped).jpg
Date formed27 July 2020
Date dissolved15 May 2024
People and organisations
Head of state Halimah Yacob
(until 13 September 2023)
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
(14 September 2023 onwards)
Head of government Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy head of government Heng Swee Keat
(since 1 May 2019)
Lawrence Wong
(since 13 June 2022)
No. of ministers20
Member party People's Action Party
Status in legislature Supermajority
79 / 104
Opposition party Workers' Party
Progress Singapore Party
Opposition leader Pritam Singh
History
Election 10 July 2020
Legislature term 14th
Predecessor Fourth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet
Successor First Lawrence Wong Cabinet

The Fifth Cabinet of Lee Hsien Loong of the Government of Singapore was announced on 25 July 2020 following the 2020 general election on 10 July, and came into effect on 27 July 2020. [1]

Contents

Changes

There was one new Minister appointed, with two outgoing Ministers. Khaw Boon Wan retired from politics while Ng Chee Meng stepped down after losing in the 2020 general election. [1] [2]

MinistersIncomingOutgoing
Tan See Leng Minister of Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry
Khaw Boon Wan Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister at Ministry of Transport (Singapore)
Ng Chee Meng Minister in the Prime Minister's Office

Composition

Cabinet

The list of Cabinet ministers and other office holders was announced on 25 July 2020. In a press conference, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said, "I'm rotating the ministers, especially the younger ones, to gain exposure and experience. We regularly do this during Cabinet shuffles, and the intent is to expose the office-holders to different portfolios to gain both breadth and depth to understand the intricacies of the issues, and to see things from different perspectives." [3]

Composition of the Cabinet [4] [5]
PortfolioMinisterPortraitDate
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Lee Hsien Loong 2016 (cropped).jpg 12 August 2004
Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Lawrence Wong 20230526.jpg 13 June 2022
Minister for Finance 15 May 2021
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat Heng Swee Keat.jpg 1 May 2019 [6]
Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies 27 July 2020
Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean Teo Chee Hean 2.jpg 1 May 2019
Coordinating Minister for National Security 1 October 2015
Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen Ng Eng Hen 2.jpg 21 May 2011
Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan Vivian Balakrishnan - 2010 (cropped).jpg 1 October 2015
Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam K Shanmugam crop.jpg 1 October 2015
Minister for Law 1 May 2008
Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong Gan Kim Yong at a PCF graduation ceremony - 20081113 (cropped).jpg 15 May 2021
Minister for Transport Chee Hong Tat SIN Chee Hong Tat at Caring Commuter Carnival 2023-11-04.jpg 18 January 2024 [a]
Second Minister for Finance
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu Hai Yien Grace Fu (cropped).jpg 27 July 2020
Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations18 January 2024
Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing Chan Chun Sing in Singapore.jpg 15 May 2021
Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli 27 July 2020
Second Minister of Health 27 July 2020
Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs 1 May 2018
Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung Ong Ye Kung at the 2018 G20 Education Ministerial Meeting.jpg 15 May 2021
Minister for National Development Desmond Lee Desmond Lee at Bukit Brown Cemetery, Singapore - 20171118.jpg 27 July 2020
Minister-in-charge of Social Service Integration
Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo Josephine Teo September 2016 (29908295102).jpg 15 May 2021
Second Minister for Home Affairs 11 September 2017
Minister-in-Charge of the Smart Nation Initiative 15 May 2021
Minister-in-Charge of Cybersecurity
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Thurai Rajah Indranee Rajah in Lecture Theatre B.2.17, Block B, SIM University, Singapore - 20150905-02 (cropped).jpg 1 May 2018
Second Minister for Finance 1 May 2018
Second Minister for National Development 27 July 2020
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Maliki Osman Maliki Osman July 2018 (43440550432) (cropped).jpg 27 July 2020
Second Minister for Education
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong Edwin Tong 2019.jpg 27 July 2020
Second Minister of Law
Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng Dr-Tan-See-Leng.png 15 May 2021
Second Minister for Trade and Industry 27 July 2020

Reshuffles

27 July 2020–14 May 2021

MinisterPrior to 2020Appointment
Replacements of Khaw Boon Wan
Khaw Boon Wan Minister for Transport Retired from politics.
Ong Ye Kung Minister for Education Moved to Minister for Transport.
Lawrence Wong Minister for National Development Moved to Minister for Education.
Desmond Lee Minister for Social and Family Development, and Second Minister for National DevelopmentMoved to Minister for National Development.
Masagos Zulkifli Minister for Environment and Water ResourcesMoved to Minister for Social and Family Development and attained Second Minister for Health position.
Grace Fu Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Moved to Minister for Environment and Water Resources.
Edwin Tong Senior Minister of State for Law and HealthPromoted to Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law.
Ng Chee Meng Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (Singapore) Lost re-election.
As of 27 July 2020 [8]
MinistryMinisters
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Communications and Information (MCI)
Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)
Defence (MINDEF)
Education (MOE)
Finance (MOF)
Foreign Affairs (MFA)
Health (MOH)
Home Affairs (MHA)
Law (MINLAW)
Manpower (MOM)
National Development (MND)
Social and Family Development (MSF)
Sustainability and Environment (MSE)
Trade and Industry (MTI)
Transport (MOT)

15 May 2021–12 June 2022

On 8 April 2021, Heng Swee Keat had announced that he was stepping aside as the 4G Leader citing "age" and "health" concerns. He also stated that he would relinquish his finance portfolio in the upcoming Cabinet reshuffle. As such, a Cabinet reshuffle occurred on 23 April 2021 where Lawrence Wong was announced to take over Heng Swee Keat as Finance Minister. 6 other Ministers were also rotated. Heng however continued to stay on as Deputy Prime Minister as well as Coordinating Minister.

As of 15 May 2021 [9]
MinistryMinisters
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Communications and Information (MCI)
  • Josephine Teo
    (Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative & the Cyber Security Agency)
Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)
Defence (MINDEF)
Education (MOE)
Finance (MOF)
Foreign Affairs (MFA)
Health (MOH)
Home Affairs (MHA)
Law (MINLAW)
Manpower (MOM)
National Development (MND)
Social and Family Development (MSF)
Sustainability and Environment (MSE)
Trade and Industry (MTI)
Transport (MOT)
  • S. Iswaran
    (Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations)

As of 13 June 2022

On 14 April 2022, Lawrence Wong was selected as the next 4G Leader, succeeding Heng Swee Keat. Thus a Cabinet reshuffle was announced on 6 June 2022 and carried out exactly a week later on 13 June 2022 where Lawrence Wong was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Prime Minister in the Prime Minister's Absence. Lawrence also assumed responsibility of the Strategy Group in the PMO from Heng Swee Keat.

As of 13 June 2022 [10] [11]
MinistryMinisters
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Communications and Information (MCI)
  • Josephine Teo
    (Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative & the Cyber Security Agency)
Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)
Defence (MINDEF)
Education (MOE)
Finance (MOF)
Foreign Affairs (MFA)
Health (MOH)
Home Affairs (MHA)
Law (MINLAW)
Manpower (MOM)
National Development (MND)
Social and Family Development (MSF)
Sustainability and Environment (MSE)
Trade and Industry (MTI)
Transport (MOT)
  • S. Iswaran
    (Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations)

As of 18 January 2024

S. Iswaran resigned as Transport Minister, Member of Parliament, and member of the People's Action Party on 16 January 2024, two days before he pleaded not guilty to 27 charges of obtaining gratification as a public servant, corruption, and obstructing justice. Thus, Chee Hong Tat was promoted to Minister of Transport and Grace Fu assumed responsibility as Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations on 18 January 2024 from S. Iswaran.

As of 18 January 2024 [12] [13]
MinistryMinisters
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Communications and Information (MCI)
  • Josephine Teo
    (Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative & the Cyber Security Agency)
Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)
Defence (MINDEF)
Education (MOE)
Finance (MOF)
Foreign Affairs (MFA)
Health (MOH)
Home Affairs (MHA)
Law (MINLAW)
Manpower (MOM)
National Development (MND)
Social and Family Development (MSF)
Sustainability and Environment (MSE)
  • Grace Fu
    (Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations)
Trade and Industry (MTI)
Transport (MOT)

Summary

Name27.07.202001.09.202015.05.202113.06.202218.01.2024
Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister
Heng Swee Keat Deputy Prime Minister
Coordinating Minister, Economic Policies
Minister for Finance-
Lawrence Wong -Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Education
Second Minister for Finance		Minister for Finance
Teo Chee Hean Senior Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security
Ng Eng Hen Minister for Defence
Vivian Balakrishnan Minister for Foreign Affairs
K. Shanmugam Minister for Home Affairs
Minister for Law
Gan Kim Yong Minister for HealthMinister for Trade & Industry
S. Iswaran Minister for Communications & InformationMinister for Transport-
Chee Hong Tat -Minister for Transport
Minister for Finance
Grace Fu Minister for Sustainability & Environment
Chan Chun Sing Minister for Trade & IndustryMinister for Education
Masagos Zulkifli Minister for Social and Family Development
Second Minister for Health
Ong Ye Kung Minister for TransportMinister for Health
Josephine Teo Second Minister for Home AffairsMinister for Communications & Information
Second Minister for Home Affairs
Desmond Lee Minister for National Development
Indranee Rajah Minister in PMO
Second Minister for Finance
Second Minister for National Development
Tan See Leng Minister in PMO
Second Minister for Manpower
Second Minister for Trade and Industry		Minister for Manpower Manpower
Second Minister for Trade and Industry
Maliki Osman Min, PMO
Second Minister for Education
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Edwin Tong Minister for Culture, Community and Youth
Second Minister for Law

Notes

  1. ↑ Chee Hong Tat served as Acting Minister of Transport from 12 July 2023 to 18 January 2024. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements". CNA. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (July 2020)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Lai, Linette (25 July 2020). "PM Lee Hsien Loong announces new Cabinet line-up; changes at the helm for 6 ministries". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Singapore Parliament (16 May 2021). "The Cabinet" . Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Government of Singapore (15 May 2021). "The Cabinet". Prime Minister's Office (Singapore) . Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Heng Swee Keat to be promoted to DPM in Cabinet reshuffle". Channel NewsAsia . 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Transport Minister S Iswaran assisting in CPIB investigation, instructed to take leave of absence by PM Lee". Channel News Asia . 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (July 2020)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 26 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (April 2021)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 23 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "X; Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Mothershipsg. 6 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 6 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "X; Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Mothershipsg. 6 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 6 June 2022.

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