Lawrence Wong Cabinet

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Lawrence Wong Cabinet
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18th Cabinet of Singapore
2024 - 2025
Lawrence Wong 20230526.jpg
Date formed15 May 2024
Date dissolved15 April 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

The 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. Three junior office holders have been promoted, while two backbenchers have been appointed Minister of State. [2]

MinistersAppointment
Gan Kim Yong Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry
Low Yen Ling Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Culture and Community and Youth
Desmond Tan Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
Rahayu Mahzam Minister of State for Health and Digital Development and Information
Murali Pillai Minister of State for Law and Transport
Shawn Huang Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Education and Finance

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
Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong Lee Hsien Loong 2016 (cropped).jpg 15 May 2024
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 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 Digitial 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

Senior Ministers of State

Composition of the Cabinet
PortfolioMinisterPortraitDate
Senior Minister of State for Defence Heng Chee How HengCheeHowportrait.jpg 1 May 2018
Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment Amy Khor Amy-Khor-Lean-Suan.jpg 27 July 2020
Senior Minister of State for Transport
Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sim Ann Sim Ann 5 (cropped).jpg 15 May 2021
Senior Minister of State for National Development27 July 2020
Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Janil Puthucheary Janil Puthucheary.png 1 May 2017
Senior Minister of State for Health27 July 2020
Senior Minister of State for Manpower Koh Poh Koon Koh Poh Koon, 2024.png 15 May 2021
Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment13 June 2022
Senior Minister of State for Defence Zaqy Mohamad 27 July 2020
Senior Minister of State for Manpower
Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Tan Kiat How 13 June 2022
Senior Minister of State for National Development
Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth Low Yen Ling (SGP-Singapore) Low Yen Ling at Hume MRT Station Opening 2025-02-28 - 1.jpg 15 May 2024
Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry
Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Desmond Tan 15 May 2024

Ministers of State

Composition of the Cabinet
PortfolioMinisterPortraitDate
Minister of State for Home Affairs Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Faishal Ibrahim at GE2025 Nomination Day 20250423 125047.jpg 27 July 2020
Minister of State for National Development
Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling With a copy of a public submission on the National Conversations on SG Women Development.jpg 13 June 2022
Minister of State for Social and Family Development27 July 2020
Minister of State for Education Gan Siow Huang Gan Siow Huang.jpg 15 May 2021
Minister of State for Manpower27 July 2020
Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth Alvin Tan AlvinTanportrait.jpg 1 Sep 2020
Minister of State for Trade and Industry
Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Rahayu Mahzam 15 May 2024
Minister of State for Health
Minister of State for Transport Murali Pillai Murali Pillai (cropped).png 1 July 2024
Minister of State for Law

Senior Parliamentary Secretaries

Composition of the Cabinet
PortfolioMinisterPortraitDate
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and the Environment Baey Yam Keng Baey Yam Keng 4 May 2024.jpg 13 June 2022
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Transport1 May 2018
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth Eric Chua Eric Chua.png 13 June 2022
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education Shawn Huang Shawn Huang.jpg 15 May 2024
Senior Parliamentary Secretary 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.
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