First Lawrence Wong Cabinet

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First Lawrence Wong Cabinet
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18th Cabinet of Singapore
2024-2025
Lawrence Wong 20230526.jpg
Date formed15 May 2024
Date dissolved23 May 2025
People and organisations
Head of state Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Deputy head of government Gan Kim Yong
Heng Swee Keat
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
Legislature term 14th
Predecessor Fifth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet
Successor Second Lawrence Wong Cabinet

The First Cabinet of Lawrence Wong of the Government of Singapore was announced on 13 May 2024, and came into effect on 15 May 2024. [1]

Contents

Changes

There are minimal changes to the Cabinet line-up following the swearing-in of Lawrence Wong as Prime Minister. Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister, while retaining his existing ministerial role. [2]

MinistersAppointment
Gan Kim Yong Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry

Composition

The First Lawrence Wong Cabinet is composed of the following members. On 16 April 2024, then Prime Minister-designate Lawrence Wong announced that then outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong would assume the office of Senior Minister and stay on in his cabinet after stepping down as the Prime Minister on 15 May 2024. [3]

Composition of the Cabinet [4]
PortfolioMinisterPortraitDate
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Lawrence Wong 20230526.jpg 15 May 2024
Minister for Finance 15 May 2021
Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong Gan Kim Yong - 2022 (cropped).jpg 15 May 2024
Minister for Trade and Industry 15 May 2021
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat Heng Swee Keat.jpg 1 May 2019
Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong Lee Hsien Loong 2016 (cropped).jpg 15 May 2024
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.jpg 1 October 2015
Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam K. Shanmugam in meeting with Iranian Parliament chairman Ali Larijani.jpg 1 October 2015
Minister for Law 1 May 2008
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu Hai Yen Grace Fu (cropped).jpg 27 July 2020
Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations18 January 2024
Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing Chan Chun Sing profile pic.jpg 15 May 2021
Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli Minister Masagos Zulkifli.jpg 27 July 2020
Second Minister of Health
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 Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo Josephine Teo at AI Summit at Bletchley Park 2023.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 (4x5).jpg 1 May 2018
Second Minister for Finance
Second Minister for National Development 27 July 2020
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Maliki Osman Maliki Osman (2024) 02.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
Minister for Transport Chee Hong Tat SIN Chee Hong Tat at Caring Commuter Carnival 2023-11-04.jpg 18 January 2024
Second Minister for Finance

References

  1. anthony_chia (15 April 2024). "PMO | Statement on the Handover Date (Apr 2024)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. katherine_chen (13 May 2024). "PMO | DPM Lawrence Wong at the Press Conference on the New Cabinet Line-Up (May 2024)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  3. "PM Lee to stay on as Senior Minister; any major Cabinet changes will come after GE: Lawrence Wong". CNA. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  4. Government of Singapore (16 May 2024). "The Cabinet". Prime Minister's Office (Singapore) . Retrieved 17 May 2024.