Third Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet

Third Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet
15th Cabinet of Singapore
2011-2015
Date formed	21 May 2011
Date dissolved	30 September 2015
People and organisations
Head of state	S. R. Nathan (1 September 1999 – 31 August 2011) Tony Tan (since 1 September 2011)
Head of government	Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy head of government	Teo Chee Hean (1 April 2009 – 30 April 2019) Tharman Shanmugaratnam (21 May 2011 – 1 May 2019)
Member party	People's Action Party
Status in legislature	Supermajority 81 / 99
Opposition party	Workers' Party
Opposition leader	Low Thia Khiang
History
Election	7 May 2011
Legislature term	12th
Budget	2012
Predecessor	2nd Lee Cabinet
Successor	4th Lee Cabinet

The Third Cabinet of Lee Hsien Loong of the Government of Singapore came into existence on 21 May 2011 following the 2011 general election. While many of its members were retained from the previous government, Heng Swee Keat and Chan Chun Sing, who had both just been elected, were given ministerial appointments.

With effect from 1 August 2012, Grace Fu became only the second woman in Singapore's history to be made a full minister by being appointed a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. (The first was Lim Hwee Hua.) From 1 November, Chan Chun Sing assumed the designation of Acting Minister for Social and Family Development, while Lawrence Wong was brought into the Cabinet for the first time as Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth.

Initial composition

Cabinet

At the 2011 general election, Senior Minister Shunmugam Jayakumar did not contest his seat as part of the East Coast Group Representation Constituency and thus retired from the Cabinet. ^[1] Foreign Minister George Yeo and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Hwee Hua contested Aljunied GRC unsuccessfully, and were defeated by a team from the Workers' Party of Singapore. ^[2]

Following the election, on 14 May 2011, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong tendered their resignations from the Cabinet, stating that they wished to give the Prime Minister a "fresh clean slate" in forming the Government and enable him to "have a completely younger team of ministers to connect to and engage with this young generation". ^[3] Goh was given the honorary title of Emeritus Senior Minister; the same title was offered to Lee but he declined. Lee and Goh were appointed as senior advisers to the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) respectively. ^[4]

Four days later, on 18 May, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced a new Cabinet line-up. In addition to Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Chok Tong, George Yeo and Lim Hwee Hua, four other ministers retired: Wong Kan Seng, Mah Bow Tan, Lim Boon Heng and Raymond Lim. ^[5] Two ministers, Lim Hng Kiang and Lim Swee Say, retained their respective Trade and Industry and Prime Minister's Office portfolios, while existing ministers were appointed to new positions in the remaining 11 ministries. Tharman Shanmugaratnam was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister and appointed Minister for Manpower in addition to his portfolio of Minister for Finance, replacing Wong Kan Seng. S. Iswaran, formerly Senior Minister of State for Education and for Trade and Industry, was elevated to the Cabinet as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, and Second Minister for Home Affairs and for Trade and Industry. Heng Swee Keat and Chan Chun Sing, both elected to Parliament for the first time, were respectively assigned the posts of Minister for Education, and Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports and Minister of State for the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts. ^[6] Heng was the first new MP directly appointed a full minister since 1984. ^[7]

With effect from 2011 general election:

Minister	Prior to 2011	Appointment
Lee Kuan Yew	Minister Mentor	Post removed, retaining as "Lee Kuan Yew" title until the death in 2015.
Goh Chok Tong	Senior Minister	Renamed the remaining post to 'Emeritus Senior Minister'.
Shunmugam Jayakumar	Senior Minister	Retired.
George Yeo	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Lost parliamentary seat and retired.
K Shanmugam	Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law	Relinquished Minister for Home Affairs, replaced by Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Teo Chee Hean	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence	Relinquished Minister for Defence, replaced by Minister for Home Affairs, and Coordinating Minister for National Security.
Ng Eng Hen	Minister for Education	Relinquished Minister for Education, replaced by Minister for Defence.
Heng Swee Keat		New position for Minister for Education.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam	Minister for Finance	Assumed two new positions for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Manpower respectively.
Lim Hwee Hua	Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for Transport	Lost parliamentary seat and retired.
Josephine Teo	Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport	Assumed new position as Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport respectively, and as a new minister.
Lim Boon Heng	Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Retired.
Wong Kan Seng	Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security	Initially planned to retire, but returned to backbenches instead, only after the death of Lee Kuan Yew in 2015, he is allowed to retire.
Mah Bow Tan	Minister for National Development	Initially planned to retire, but returned to backbenches instead, only after the death of Lee Kuan Yew in 2015, he is allowed to retire.
Khaw Boon Wan	Minister for Health	Relinquished Minister for Health, replaced by Minister for National Development.
Gan Kim Yong	Minister for Manpower	Relinquished Minister for Manpower, replaced by Minister for Health.
Raymond Lim	Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs	Returned to backbenches instead.
Lui Tuck Yew	Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts	Relinquished Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, replaced by Minister for Transport.
Yaacob Ibrahim	Minister for the Environment and Water Resources	Relinquished Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, replaced by Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts.
Vivian Balakrishnan	Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports	Relinquished Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, replaced by Minister for the Environment and Water Resources.
Chan Chun Sing		New position for Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports.
Zainul Abidin bin Mohamed Rasheed	Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs	Lost parliamentary seat and retired.
Masagos Zulkifli	Minister of State for Education and Home Affairs	Relinquished Minister of State for Education, replaced by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Ho Peng Kee	Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs	Retired.
Sim Ann		New position for Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law.
Yu-Foo Yee Shoon	Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports	Retired.
Halimah Yacob		New position for Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports.
Koo Tsai Kee	Minister of State for Defence	Retired.
Lawrence Wong		New position for Minister of State for Defence and Education.

With effect from 21 May 2011, the Cabinet of Singapore consisted of the following persons: ^[8]

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Home Affairs Minister in Charge of the Civil Service Co-ordinating Minister for National Security	Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Finance Minister for Manpower	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Law	K. Shanmugam
Minister for Defence	Ng Eng Hen
Minister for Trade and Industry	Lim Hng Kiang
Minister for National Development	Khaw Boon Wan
Minister for Health	Gan Kim Yong
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources	Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister for Education	Heng Swee Keat
Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs	Yaacob Ibrahim
Minister for Transport Second Minister for Foreign Affairs	Lui Tuck Yew
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Lim Swee Say
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for Home Affairs Second Minister for Trade and Industry	S. Iswaran
Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports	Chan Chun Sing

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons (except for Vivian Balakrishnan and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, where they indicate surnames as well).

Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries

Where Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries were concerned, new appointments were made following the 2011 general election, including the appointment of three newly elected MPs: Sim Ann, Tan Chuan-Jin and Lawrence Wong. Backbenchers Halimah Yacob and Josephine Teo were made Ministers of State. ^[9] With effect from 21 May 2011 the following Members of Parliament were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries: ^[8]

Portfolio	Member of Parliament
Senior Ministers of State
Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources	Grace Fu Hai Yien
Prime Minister's Office	Heng Chee How
Ministers of State
Ministry of Trade and Industry Ministry of National Development	Lee Yi Shyan
Ministry of Health	Amy Khor Lean Suan
Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Masagos Zulkifli
Ministry of Trade and Industry	Teo Ser Luck
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports	Halimah Yacob
Ministry of Finance Ministry of Transport	Josephine Teo
Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Concurrently Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports)	Chan Chun Sing
Ministry of Defence Ministry of Education	Lawrence Wong
Ministry of National Development Ministry of Manpower	Tan Chuan-Jin
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
Ministry of Education Ministry of Manpower	Hawazi Daipi
Ministry of Defence Ministry of National Development	Mohamad Maliki Osman
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports	Sam Tan Chin Siong
Ministry of Education Ministry of Law	Sim Ann
Parliamentary Secretaries
None

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons.

Reshuffles

As of 1 August and 1 November 2012

On 31 July 2012, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced several changes to his Cabinet and other appointments. With effect from 1 August, Grace Fu was promoted to Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, the second woman to be appointed a full minister in Singapore. ^[10] Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Lui Tuck Yew relinquished their respective appointments as Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs to Tan Chuan-Jin and Grace Fu, while Yaacob Ibrahim became Minister for Communications and Information. With effect from 1 November, Chan Chun Sing was redesignated Acting Minister for Social and Family Development, while Lawrence Wong was brought into the Cabinet for the first time as Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth. ^[11]

The changes to the cabinet do involves:

Minister	Prior to 2012	Appointment
Yaacob Ibrahim	Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts	Renamed to Minister for Communications and Information.
Chan Chun Sing	Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports	Renamed to Minister for Social and Family Development and appointed Senior Minister of State for Defence.
Lawrence Wong	Minister of State for Defence and Education	Appointed as Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information.
Indranee Rajah		New position for Senior Minister of State for Law and Education.
Halimah Yacob	Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports	Renamed to Minister of State for Social and Family Development.
Sam Tan	Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Community Development, Youth and Sports	Renamed to Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Culture, Community and Youth.
Sim Ann	Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Law	Relinquished Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law, and replaced by Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth.

Thus, as of 1 November 2012, the composition of the Cabinet was as follows: ^[12]

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy Prime Minister Co-ordinating Minister for National Security Minister for Home Affairs	Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Finance	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Lim Swee Say
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for Home Affairs Second Minister for Trade and Industry	S. Iswaran
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Second Minister for Foreign Affairs	Grace Fu Hai Yien
Minister for Communications and Information Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs	Yaacob Ibrahim
Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (from 1 November 2012) Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information (not a Cabinet appointment)	Lawrence Wong
Minister for Defence	Ng Eng Hen
Minister for Education	Heng Swee Keat
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources	Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Law	K. Shanmugam
Minister for Health	Gan Kim Yong
Acting Minister for Manpower Senior Minister of State for National Development (not a Cabinet appointment)	Tan Chuan-Jin
Minister for National Development	Khaw Boon Wan
Acting Minister for Social and Family Development (from 1 November 2012) Senior Minister of State for Defence (not a Cabinet appointment)	Chan Chun Sing
Minister for Trade and Industry	Lim Hng Kiang
Minister for Transport	Lui Tuck Yew

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons (except for Vivian Balakrishnan and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, where they indicate surnames as well).

The following changes to the Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries were also made with effect from 1 August 2012 (or 1 November, if so indicated): ^[12]

Portfolio	Member of Parliament
Senior Ministers of State
Prime Minister's Office	Heng Chee How
Ministry of Communications and Information (from 1 November 2012)	Lawrence Wong
Ministry of Defence	Chan Chun Sing
Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Masagos Zulkifli
Ministry of Law (from 1 November 2012) Ministry of Education (from 1 November 2012)	Indranee Rajah
Ministry of National Development	Tan Chuan-Jin
Ministry of Trade and Industry Ministry of National Development	Lee Yi Shyan
Ministers of State
Ministry of Social and Family Development (from 1 November 2012)	Halimah Yacob
Ministry of Health Ministry of Manpower	Amy Khor Lean Suan
Ministry of Transport Ministry of Finance	Josephine Teo
Ministry of Trade and Industry	Teo Ser Luck
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
Ministry of Defence Ministry of National Development	Mohamad Maliki Osman
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth	Sam Tan Chin Siong
Ministry of Education Ministry of Manpower	Hawazi Daipi
Ministry of Communications and Information (from 1 November 2012) Ministry of Education (from 1 November 2012)	Sim Ann
Parliamentary Secretary
Ministry of Health Ministry of Transport	Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons.

As of 1 September 2013

On 28 August 2013, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced several changes to his Cabinet and other appointments. With effect from 1 September, Chan Chun Sing was promoted to the full Minister and will continue to helm the Ministry of Social and Family Development. ^[13] Mr. Chan was also appointed the second minister for the Ministry of Defence. Tan Chuan-Jin relinquished his appointment as Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of National Development while maintaining his post as an acting Manpower minister. ^{[14] [15]}

Thus, as of 1 September 2013, the composition of the Cabinet was as follows: ^[16]

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy Prime Minister Co-ordinating Minister for National Security Minister for Home Affairs	Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Finance	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Lim Swee Say
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for Home Affairs Second Minister for Trade and Industry	S. Iswaran
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Second Minister for Foreign Affairs	Grace Fu Hai Yien
Minister for Communications and Information Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs	Yaacob Ibrahim
Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information (not a Cabinet appointment)	Lawrence Wong
Minister for Defence	Ng Eng Hen
Minister for Education	Heng Swee Keat
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources	Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Law	K. Shanmugam
Minister for Health	Gan Kim Yong
Acting Minister for Manpower	Tan Chuan-Jin
Minister for National Development	Khaw Boon Wan
Minister for Social and Family Development Second Minister for Defence	Chan Chun Sing
Minister for Trade and Industry	Lim Hng Kiang
Minister for Transport	Lui Tuck Yew

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons (except for Vivian Balakrishnan and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, where they indicate surnames as well).

Changes to the Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries were also made with effect from 1 September 2013. Amy Khor and Josephine Teo were promoted to Senior Minister of State while Mohamad Maliki Osman, Sim Ann and Desmond Lee were given the post of Minister of State in their respective ministries. Low Yen Ling was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Social and Family Development from 1 October 2013 onwards. ^{[14] [15]}

Portfolio	Member of Parliament
Senior Ministers of State
Prime Minister's Office	Heng Chee How
Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Masagos Zulkifli
Ministry of Law Ministry of Education	Indranee Rajah
Ministry of Trade and Industry Ministry of National Development	Lee Yi Shyan
Ministry of Communications and Information	Lawrence Wong
Ministry of Health Ministry of Manpower	Amy Khor Lean Suan
Ministry of Transport Ministry of Finance	Josephine Teo
Ministers of State
Ministry of Trade and Industry	Teo Ser Luck
Ministry of Communications and Information Ministry of Education	Sim Ann
Ministry of Defence	Mohamad Maliki Osman
Ministry of National Development	Desmond Lee
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
Ministry of Education Ministry of Manpower	Hawazi Daipi
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth	Sam Tan Chin Siong
Parliamentary Secretary
Ministry of Health Ministry of Transport	Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
Ministry of Social and Family Development	Low Yen Ling

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons.

As of 1 May 2014

Changes to the Cabinet and other appointments were announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 29 April 2014. With effect from 1 May, Tan Chuan-Jin and Lawrence Wong were promoted to full ministers of the Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth respectively. Tan relinquished his appointment as Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of National Development. ^[17]

Composition of the Cabinet as at 1 May 2014

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy Prime Minister Co-ordinating Minister for National Security Minister for Home Affairs	Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Finance	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Lim Swee Say
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for Home Affairs Second Minister for Trade and Industry	S. Iswaran
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Second Minister for Foreign Affairs	Grace Fu Hai Yien
Minister for Communications and Information Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs	Yaacob Ibrahim
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Second Minister for Communications and Information	Lawrence Wong
Minister for Defence	Ng Eng Hen
Minister for Education	Heng Swee Keat
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources	Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Law	K. Shanmugam
Minister for Health	Gan Kim Yong
Minister for Manpower	Tan Chuan-Jin
Minister for National Development	Khaw Boon Wan
Minister for Social and Family Development Second Minister for Defence	Chan Chun Sing
Minister for Trade and Industry	Lim Hng Kiang
Minister for Transport	Lui Tuck Yew

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons (except for Vivian Balakrishnan and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, where they indicate surnames as well).

Changes to the Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries were also made with effect from 1 May 2014. Sam Tan relinquished his appointment in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs upon being promoted to Minister of State for the Prime Minister's Office and for the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. Dr. Lam Pin Min was appointed Minister of State for Health with effect from 1 August, while Low Yen Ling was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth in addition to her current portfolio in the Ministry of Social and Family Development from 1 May. ^[17]

Current Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries
as of 1 May 2014 (unless otherwise indicated)

Portfolio	Member of Parliament
Senior Ministers of State
Ministry of Health Ministry of Manpower	Amy Khor Lean Suan
Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Masagos Zulkifli
Ministry of Law Ministry of Education	Indranee Rajah
Ministry of Trade and Industry Ministry of National Development	Lee Yi Shyan
Ministry of Transport Ministry of Finance	Josephine Teo
Prime Minister's Office	Heng Chee How
Ministers of State
Ministry of Communications and Information Ministry of Education	Sim Ann
Ministry of Defence Ministry of National Development	Mohamad Maliki Osman
Ministry of Health (from 1 August 2014)	Lam Pin Min
Ministry of National Development	Desmond Lee
Ministry of Trade and Industry	Teo Ser Luck
Prime Minister's Office Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth	Sam Tan Chin Siong
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
Ministry of Education Ministry of Manpower	Hawazi Daipi
Parliamentary Secretary
Ministry of Health Ministry of Transport	Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
Ministry of Social and Family Development Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth	Low Yen Ling

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons.

Source: Press Statement from the Prime Minister on Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments, Prime Minister's Office, 29 April 2014, archived from the original on 14 July 2014.

As of 9 April and 4 May 2015

Changes to the Cabinet and other appointments were announced on 8 April 2015. With effect from 9 April, Chan Chun Sing relinquished his posts of Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Defence to become a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. Tan Chuan-Jin became Minister for Social and Family Development and will relinquish his post of Minister for Manpower on 4 May. Lim Swee Say will take over as Manpower Minister on that date. Lui Tuck Yew, currently Minister for Transport, took on the additional post of Second Minister for Defence as of 9 April. Masagos Zulkifli was promoted to full minister as a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. This is the first time there are two Malay full ministers in the Cabinet, the other being Yaacob Ibrahim. ^[18]

Composition of the Cabinet as of 9 April and 4 May 2015

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy Prime Minister Co-ordinating Minister for National Security Minister for Home Affairs	Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Finance	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Chan Chun Sing
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Second Minister for Foreign Affairs	Grace Fu Hai Yien
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for Home Affairs Second Minister for Trade and Industry	S. Iswaran
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for Home Affairs Second Minister for Foreign Affairs	Masagos Zulkifli
Minister for Communications and Information Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs	Yaacob Ibrahim
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Second Minister for Communications and Information	Lawrence Wong
Minister for Defence	Ng Eng Hen
Minister for Education	Heng Swee Keat
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources	Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Law	K. Shanmugam
Minister for Health	Gan Kim Yong
Minister for Manpower (from 4 May 2015) Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (until 4 May 2015)	Lim Swee Say
Minister for National Development	Khaw Boon Wan
Minister for Social and Family Development Minister for Manpower (until 4 May 2015)	Tan Chuan-Jin
Minister for Trade and Industry	Lim Hng Kiang
Minister for Transport Second Minister for Defence	Lui Tuck Yew

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons (except for Vivian Balakrishnan and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, where they indicate surnames as well).

Source: Press Statement from the Prime Minister on Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments, Prime Minister's Office, 8 April 2015, archived from the original on 10 April 2015.

As Masagos Zulkifli was also promoted to Second Minister for Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs, he has ceased to be a Senior Minister of State in these ministries. ^[18]

Current Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries
as of 9 April 2015

Portfolio	Member of Parliament
Senior Ministers of State
Ministry of Health Ministry of Manpower	Amy Khor Lean Suan
Ministry of Law Ministry of Education	Indranee Rajah
Ministry of Trade and Industry Ministry of National Development	Lee Yi Shyan
Ministry of Transport Ministry of Finance	Josephine Teo
Prime Minister's Office	Heng Chee How
Ministers of State
Ministry of Communications and Information Ministry of Education	Sim Ann
Ministry of Defence Ministry of National Development	Mohamad Maliki Osman
Ministry of Health	Lam Pin Min
Ministry of National Development	Desmond Lee
Ministry of Trade and Industry	Teo Ser Luck
Prime Minister's Office Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth	Sam Tan Chin Siong
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
Ministry of Education Ministry of Manpower	Hawazi Daipi
Parliamentary Secretary
Ministry of Health Ministry of Transport	Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
Ministry of Social and Family Development Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth	Low Yen Ling

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons.

Sources: Press Statement from the Prime Minister on Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments, Prime Minister's Office, 29 April 2014, archived from the original on 14 July 2014; Press Statement from the Prime Minister on Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments, Prime Minister's Office, 8 April 2015, archived from the original on 10 April 2015.

Summary

Name	21.5.2011	1.8.2012	1.11.2012	1.9.2013	1.5.2014	9.4.2015	4.5.2015
Cabinet Ministers
Lee Hsien Loong	Prime Minister
Teo Chee Hean	Deputy Prime Minister Min, Home Affairs
Tharman Shanmugaratnam	Deputy Prime Minister Min, Finance Min, Manpower	Deputy Prime Minister Min, Finance
Lim Hng Kiang	Min, Trade & Industry
Lim Swee Say	Min, PMO						Min, Manpower
Yaacob Ibrahim	Min, Information, Communications & the Arts	Min, Communications & Information
Khaw Boon Wan	Min, National Development
Ng Eng Hen	Min, Defence
Vivian Balakrishnan	Min, Environment & Water Resources
K Shanmugam	Min, Foreign Affairs Min, Law
Gan Kim Yong	Min, Health
Lui Tuck Yew	Min, Transport 2M, Foreign Affairs	Min, Transport				Min, Transport 2M, Defence
S Iswaran	Min, PMO 2M, Home Affairs 2M, Trade & Industry
Heng Swee Keat	Min, Education
Grace Fu	SMS, Information, Communications & the Arts SMS, Environment & Water Resources	Min, PMO 2M, Environment & Water Resources 2M, Foreign Affairs
Chan Chun Sing	Ag Min, Community Development, Youth & Sports MOS, Information, Communications & the Arts	Ag Min, Community Development, Youth & Sports SMS, Defence	Ag Min, Social & Family Development SMS, Defence	Min, Social & Family Development 2M, Defence		Min, PMO
Tan Chuan-Jin	MOS, National Development MOS, Manpower	Ag Min, Manpower SMS, National Development		Ag Min, Manpower	Min, Manpower	Min, Manpower Min, Social & Family Development	Min, Social & Family Development
Lawrence Wong	MOS, Defence MOS, Education	SMS, Information, Communications & the Arts SMS, Education	Ag Min, Culture, Community & Youth SMS, Communications & Information		Min, Culture, Community & Youth 2M, Communications & Information
Masagos Zulkifli	MOS, Home Affairs MOS, Foreign Affairs	SMS, Home Affairs SMS, Foreign Affairs				Min, PMO 2M, Home Affairs 2M, Foreign Affairs
Senior/ Ministers of State and Senior/ Parliamentary Secretaries
Heng Chee How	SMS, PMO
Lee Yi Shyan	MOS, Trade & Industry MOS, National Development	SMS, Trade & Industry SMS, National Development
Indranee Rajah	-		SMS, Law SMS, Education
Amy Khor	MOS, Health	MOS, Health MOS, Manpower		SMS, Health SMS, Manpower
Josephine Teo	MOS, Finance MOS, Transport			SMS, Finance SMS, Transport
Teo Ser Luck	MOS, Trade & Industry
Halimah Yacob	MOS, Community Development, Youth & Sports		MOS, Social & Family Development	-
Mohamad Maliki Osman	SPS, Defence SPS, National Development			MOS, Defence MOS, National Development
Sim Ann	SPS, Education SPS, Law		SPS, Education SPS, Communications & Information	MOS, Education MOS, Communications and Information
Desmond Lee	-			MOS, National Development
Sam Tan	SPS, Foreign Affairs SPS, Community Development, Youth & Sports		SPS, Foreign Affairs SPS, Culture, Community & Youth		MOS, PMO MOS, Culture, Community & Youth
Lam Pin Min	-				MOS, Health
Hawazi Daipi	SPS, Education SPS, Manpower
Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim	-	PS, Health PS, Transport
Low Yen Ling	-			PS, Social & Family Development	PS, Social & Family Development PS, Culture, Community & Youth

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