Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

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Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet
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2nd Cabinet of Singapore
Mr. Lee Kuan Yew Mayoral reception 1965 (cropped).jpg
Date formed19 October 1963
Date dissolved15 April 1968
People and organisations
Head of state Yusof bin Ishak
Head of government Lee Kuan Yew
Deputy head of government Toh Chin Chye
Member party People's Action Party
Status in legislature Supermajority
37 / 51
(in 1963)
49 / 51
(from 1966)
Opposition cabinetNone
Opposition party Barisan Sosialis
United People's Party (until 1965)
Opposition leaderLim Huan Boon (until 1965)
Chia Thye Poh (1966)
History
Election 1963
Legislature terms 3rd Legislative Assembly
1st Parliament
Predecessor First Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet
Successor Third Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

The Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet was the Cabinet of Singapore from 19 October 1963 to 15 April 1968.

Contents

The cabinet was formed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew after the People's Action Party won a supermajority of the seats in the Parliament of Singapore in the 1963 general election. It is the cabinet that governed Singapore when it was a state in Malaysia. It is also Singapore's first cabinet following its independence on 9 August 1965.

The cabinet was succeeded by the Third Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet.

Cabinet

The Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet consisted of the following members. [1] [2] [3]

PortfolioNameTerm startTerm end
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew 19 October 196315 April 1968
Deputy Prime Minister Toh Chin Chye 19 October 196315 April 1968
Minister for National Development Lim Kim San 19 October 19638 August 1965
E. W. Barker 9 August 196515 April 1968
Minister for Finance Goh Keng Swee 19 October 19638 August 1965
Lim Kim San 9 August 196516 August 1967
Goh Keng Swee 17 August 196715 April 1968
Minister for Home Affairs and Social Welfare Othman Wok 19 October 196327 November 1963
Minister for Labour Jek Yeun Thong 19 October 196315 April 1968
Minister for Health Yong Nyuk Lin 19 October 196315 April 1968
Minister of Education Ong Pang Boon 19 October 196315 April 1968
Minister for Culture S. Rajaratnam 19 October 196323 September 1965
Othman Wok 24 September 196515 April 1968
Minister for Social Affairs Othman Wok 27 November 196315 April 1968
Minister for Law E. W. Barker 1 November 196415 April 1968
Ministry for Foreign Affairs S. Rajaratnam 9 August 196515 April 1968
Ministry for the Interior and Defence Goh Keng Swee 9 August 196516 August 1967
Lim Kim San 16 August 196715 April 1968

Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries

The following were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries. [3]

Ministers of State

PortfolioNameTerm startTerm end
Prime Minister's Department Ya'acob bin Mohamed18 September 196515 April 1968
Education Abdul Rahim Ishak 18 September 196515 April 1968
Defence Wee Toon Boon18 September 196515 April 1968
Culture Lee Khoon Choy 18 September 196515 April 1968

Parliamentary Secretaries

PortfolioNameTerm startTerm end
Prime Minister's Department (Prime Minister)Ya'acob bin Mohamed19 October 196317 September 1965
Prime Minister's Department (Deputy Prime Minister)Buang bin Omar Junid19 October 196315 April 1968
National Development Ho Cheng Choon19 October 196315 April 1968
Finance S. Ramaswamy1 March 196615 April 1968
Social Affairs Chan Chee Seng 19 October 196315 April 1968
Labour Wee Toon Boon19 October 196317 September 1965
Sia Kah Hui1 February 196715 April 1968
Health Sia Kah Hui19 October 19631 February 1967
Chor Yeok Eng 2 November 196615 April 1968
Education Abdul Rahim Ishak 19 October 196317 September 1965
Culture Fong Sip Chee 19 October 196315 April 1968
Lee Khoon Choy 12 July 196517 September 1965

References

  1. "Singapore's Second Cabinet". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 October 1963. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. "Barker's sworn in as Law Minister". The Straits Times. Singapore. 1 November 1964. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 "LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore. Retrieved 25 July 2020.