Second Lawrence Wong Cabinet

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Second Lawrence Wong Cabinet
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19th Cabinet of Singapore
2025 - present
Lawrence Wong in 2024 (cropped).jpg
Date formed23 May 2025
People and organisations
Head of state Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Deputy head of government Gan Kim Yong
Member party People's Action Party
Status in legislature Supermajority
87 / 99
Opposition party Workers' Party
Opposition leader Pritam Singh
History
Legislature term 15th
Predecessor First Lawrence Wong Cabinet

The Second Cabinet of Lawrence Wong of the Government of Singapore was announced on 21 May 2025, and came into effect on 23 May 2025. [1]

Contents

Changes

Upon his successful supermajority in the 2025 general election, Lawrence Wong stated that his immediate priority was to form the new cabinet, which will be announced "in due course" through a press conference and followed by a swearing-in ceremony. He also indicated that NTUC secretary-general Ng Chee Meng was likely to be included, citing the precedent of labour chiefs playing key roles in past Cabinets. [2] On 5 May, Wong also announced that Workers' Party's (WP) Pritam Singh would remain as the opposition leader. [3] After a photo of Ng and convicted money launderer Su Haijin was circulated online, Ng requested on 6 May for Wong not to assign him any cabinet position. Ng also apologised for his "disrespectful" remarks made to public servants at a 2017 Ministry of Education dialogue. [4]

Wong announced the new cabinet line-up on 21 May. Three new coordinating ministers were appointed with Gan Kim Yong as the only Deputy Prime Minister. Chan Chun Sing assumed roles as defence minister and coordinating minister for public services, while Desmond Lee took over education and Chee Hong Tat became the national development minister. Ong Ye Kung became coordinating minister for social policies, and K. Shanmugam was appointed coordinating minister for national security, with Edwin Tong taking over law and also serving as second minister for home affairs. Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim was promoted to senior minister of state for home affairs and acting minister-in-charge of Muslim affairs. [5] Newly-elected Members of Parliament (MP) Jeffrey Siow and David Neo became acting ministers for transport and culture, community and youth respectively. [6] Wong added that Ng's exclusion from the new Cabinet was a "temporary arrangement" but hoped to include him into the cabinet soon. [7]

MinisterAppointment
K. Shanmugam Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs
Chan Chun Sing Coordinating Minister for Public Services and Minister for Defence
Ong Ye Kung Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health
Desmond Lee Minister for Education and Minister In-Charge of Social Services Integration
Edwin Tong Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs
Tan See Leng Minister-In-Charge of Energy and Science & Technology and Minister for Manpower
Chee Hong Tat Minister for National Development
David Neo Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Minister of State for Education
Jeffrey Siow Acting Minister for Transport and Senior Minister of State for Finance
Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs and Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs

Composition

The cabinet was sworn in on 23 May 2025. [8]

The Second Lawrence Wong Cabinet is composed of the following members. [9]

Cabinet of Singapore
PortfolioMinisterPortraitSince
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
Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam K. Shanmugam in meeting with Iranian Parliament chairman Ali Larijani.jpg 23 May 2025
Minister for Home Affairs 1 October 2015
Coordinating Minister for Public Services Chan Chun Sing Chan Chun Sing profile pic.jpg 23 May 2025
Minister for Defence
Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Ong Ye Kung Ong Ye Kung at the 2018 G20 Education Ministerial Meeting.jpg 23 May 2025
Minister for Health 15 May 2021
Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan Vivian Balakrishnan - 2010.jpg 1 October 2015
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 Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo Josephine Teo at AI Summit at Bletchley Park 2023.jpg 15 May 2021
Minister-in-Charge of the Smart Nation Initiative 15 May 2021
Minister-in-Charge of Cybersecurity
Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli Masagos Zulkifli, GE2025 (cropped).jpg 27 July 2020
Minister for Education Desmond Lee Ti-Seng Desmond Lee at a URA dialogue, February 2025.jpg 23 May 2025
Minister-in-charge of Social Service Integration27 July 2020
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 for Law Edwin Charles Tong Chun Fai Edwin Tong 2019.jpg 23 May 2025
Second Minister for Home Affairs
Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng Dr-Tan-See-Leng.png 15 May 2021
Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science & Technology23 May 2025
Minister for National Development Chee Hong Tat SIN Chee Hong Tat at Caring Commuter Carnival 2023-11-04.jpg 23 May 2025
Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo Chin Wee David Neo, 2025 (cropped).jpg 23 May 2025
Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow Chen Siang 23 May 2025
Acting Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs

Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs
Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Faishal Ibrahim at GE2025 Nomination Day 20250423 125047.jpg 23 May 2025

References

  1. "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (May 2025)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  2. Koh, Fabian; Yeo, Nikki (4 May 2025). "GE2025: 'Clear and strong mandate' for PAP will put Singapore in better position to face turbulent world, says PM Wong". CNA. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  3. "GE2025: WP chief Pritam Singh to remain Leader of the Opposition, says PM Wong". The Straits Times. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  4. "Labour chief Ng Chee Meng asks PM Wong not to assign him any position in government". CNA. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  5. Koh, Fabian (21 May 2025). "PM Wong unveils first full Cabinet: No second DPM, three coordinating ministers named". CNA. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  6. Ang, Hwee Min (21 May 2025). "Newcomers Jeffrey Siow, David Neo named acting ministers in Cabinet reshuffle". CNA. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  7. Ang, Hwee Min (21 May 2025). "Labour chief Ng Chee Meng left out of new Cabinet in 'temporary arrangement', says PM Wong". CNA. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  8. "Watch: Swearing-in ceremony for PM Lawrence Wong and Cabinet". CNA. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  9. Government of Singapore (16 May 2024). "The Cabinet". Prime Minister's Office (Singapore) . Retrieved 17 May 2024.