The Fifth Cabinet of Lee Hsien Loong of the Government of Singapore was announced on 25 July 2020[1] following the 2020 general election on 10 July, and came into effect on 27 July 2020.
Fifth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet | |
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 17th Cabinet of Singapore | |
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| Date formed | 27 July 2020 |
| Date dissolved | 15 May 2024 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Halimah Yacob (until 13 September 2023) Tharman Shanmugaratnam (14 September 2023 onwards) |
| Head of government | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Deputy head of government | Heng Swee Keat (since 1 May 2019) Lawrence Wong (since 13 June 2022) |
| No. of ministers | 20 |
| Member party | People's Action Party |
| Status in legislature | Supermajority 79 / 104 |
| Opposition party | Workers' Party Progress Singapore Party |
| Opposition leader | Pritam Singh |
| History | |
| Election | 10 July 2020 |
| Legislature term | 14th |
| Predecessor | Fourth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet |
| Successor | First Lawrence Wong Cabinet |
Changes
editThere are seven new political office holders, six of whom are newly elected MPs:[2]
| Ministers | Appointment |
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| Tan See Leng | Minister of Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry (newly elected) |
| Tan Kiat How | Senior Minister of State for National Development and Communications and Information (newly elected) |
| Gan Siow Huang | Minister of State for Manpower and Education (newly elected) |
| Alvin Tan | Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Culture, Community and Youth (newly elected) |
| Desmond Tan | Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (newly elected) |
| Eric Chua | Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth and Social and Family Development (newly elected) |
| Rahayu Mahzam | Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Law |
In addition, there are six outgoing political office holders:[1]
| Ministers | Former Appointment | Status |
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| Khaw Boon Wan | Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister at Ministry of Transport (Singapore) | Retired |
| Ng Chee Meng | Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (Singapore) | Lost re-election |
| Lam Pin Min | Senior Minister of State at Ministry of Transport (Singapore) and Ministry of Health (Singapore) | Lost re-election |
| Sam Tan | Minister of State at Ministry of Social and Family Development and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore) | Retired |
| Amrin Amin | Senior Parliamentary Secretary at Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore) and Ministry of Health (Singapore) | Lost re-election |
| Tan Wu Meng | Senior Parliamentary Secretary at Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore) | Returned to the backbenches |
Composition
editCabinet
editThe list of Cabinet ministers and other office holders was announced on 25 July 2020. In a press conference, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said, "I'm rotating the ministers, especially the younger ones, to gain exposure and experience. We regularly do this during Cabinet shuffles, and the intent is to expose the office-holders to different portfolios to gain both breadth and depth to understand the intricacies of the issues, and to see things from different perspectives."[3]
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Senior Ministers of State
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| Senior Minister of State for Defence | Heng Chee How 王志豪 |
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1 May 2018 |
| Senior Minister of State for Transport and Sustainability and the Environment | Amy Khor 许连碹 |
27 July 2020 | |
| Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Sustainability and the Environment | Koh Poh Koon 许宝琨 |
15 May 2021 and 13 June 2022 | |
| Senior Minister of State for Health and Communications and Information | Janil Puthucheary ஜனில் புதுச்சேரி |
27 July 2020 and 1 May 2017 | |
| Senior Minister of State for National Development and Foreign Affairs | Sim Ann 沈颖 |
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27 July 2020 and 15 May 2021 |
| Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Defence | Zaqy Mohamad زقي محمد |
27 July 2020 | |
| Senior Minister of State for National Development and Communications and Information | Tan Kiat How 陈杰豪 |
13 June 2022 |
Ministers of State
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| Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development | Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim محمد فااشال بن إبراهيم |
27 July 2020 | |
| Minister of State for Education and Manpower | Gan Siow Huang 颜晓芳 |
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27 July 2020 |
| Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry | Low Yen Ling 刘燕玲 |
27 July 2020 | |
| Minister of State for Social and Family Development and Home Affairs | Sun Xueling 孙雪玲 |
27 July 2020 and 13 June 2022 | |
| Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry | Alvin Tan 陈圣辉 |
1 September 2020 | |
| Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office | Desmond Tan 陈国明 |
13 June 2022 |
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
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| Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Transport and Sustainability and the Environment | Baey Yam Keng 马炎庆 |
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1 May 2018 and 13 June 2022 |
| Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth and Social and Family Development | Eric Chua 蔡瑞隆 |
13 June 2022 | |
| Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Law | Rahayu Mahzam رحايو مهزم |
13 June 2022 |
Reshuffles
edit27 July 2020–14 May 2021
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15 May 2021–12 June 2022
editOn 8 April 2021, Heng Swee Keat had announced that he was stepping aside as the 4G Leader citing "age" and "health" concerns. He also stated that he would relinquish his finance portfolio in the upcoming Cabinet reshuffle. As such, a Cabinet reshuffle occurred on 23 April 2021 where Lawrence Wong was announced to take over Heng Swee Keat as Finance Minister. 6 other Ministers were also rotated. Heng however continued to stay on as Deputy Prime Minister as well as Coordinating Minister.
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As of 13 June 2022
editOn 14 April 2022, Lawrence Wong was selected as the next 4G Leader, succeeding Heng Swee Keat. Thus a Cabinet reshuffle was announced on 6 June 2022 and carried out exactly a week later on 13 June 2022 where Lawrence Wong was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Prime Minister in the Prime Minister's Absence. Lawrence also assumed responsibility of the Strategy Group in the PMO from Heng Swee Keat.
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As of 18 January 2024
editS. Iswaran resigned as Transport Minister, Member of Parliament, and member of the People's Action Party on 16 January 2024, two days before he pleaded not guilty to 27 charges of obtaining gratification as a public servant, corruption, and obstructing justice. Thus, Chee Hong Tat was promoted to Minister of Transport and Grace Fu assumed responsibility as Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations on 18 January 2024 from S. Iswaran .
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Summary
edit| Name | 27.07.2020 | 01.09.2020 | 15.05.2021 | 13.06.2022 | 18.01.2024 | |||||
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| Lee Hsien Loong | Prime Minister | |||||||||
| Heng Swee Keat | Deputy Prime Minister | |||||||||
| Coordinating Minister, Economic Policies | ||||||||||
| Min, Finance | - | |||||||||
| Lawrence Wong | - | Deputy Prime Minister | ||||||||
| Min, Education
2M, Finance |
Min, Finance | |||||||||
| Teo Chee Hean | Senior Minister, Coordinating Minister, National Security | |||||||||
| Ng Eng Hen | Min, Defence | |||||||||
| Vivian Balakrishnan | Min, Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
| K. Shanmugam | Min, Home Affairs Min, Law | |||||||||
| Gan Kim Yong | Min, Health | Min, Trade & Industry | ||||||||
| S. Iswaran | Min, Communications & Information | Min, Transport | - | |||||||
| Chee Hong Tat | SMS, Transport SMS, Foreign Affairs |
SMS, Transport | SMS, Transport SMS, Finance |
Min, Transport, 2M, Finance | ||||||
| Grace Fu | Min, Sustainability & Environment | |||||||||
| Chan Chun Sing | Min, Trade & Industry | Min, Education | ||||||||
| Masagos Zulkifli | Min, Social & Family Development 2M, Health | |||||||||
| Ong Ye Kung | Min, Transport | Min, Health | ||||||||
| Josephine Teo | Min, Manpower 2M, Home Affairs |
Min, Communications & Information 2M, Home Affairs | ||||||||
| Desmond Lee | Min, National Development | |||||||||
| Indranee Rajah | Min, PMO 2M, Finance 2M, National Development | |||||||||
| Tan See Leng | Min, PMO 2M, Manpower 2M, Trade and Industry |
Min, Manpower 2M, Trade and Industry | ||||||||
| Maliki Osman | Min, PMO 2M, Education 2M, Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
| Edwin Tong | Min, Culture, Community & Youth 2M, Law | |||||||||
| Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries | ||||||||||
| Sim Ann | SMS, National Development SMS, Communications & Information |
SMS, National Development SMS, Foreign Affairs | ||||||||
| Janil Puthucheary | SMS, Communications & Information SMS, Health | |||||||||
| Heng Chee How | SMS, Defence | |||||||||
| Zaqy Mohamad | SMS, Defence SMS, Manpower | |||||||||
| Koh Poh Koon | SMS, Health | SMS, Health SMS, Manpower |
SMS, Manpower
SMS, Sustainability & Environment | |||||||
| Amy Khor | SMS, Sustainability & Environment SMS, Transport | |||||||||
| Tan Kiat How | MOS, National Development MOS, PMO |
MOS, National Development MOS, Communications & Information |
SMS, National Development
SMS, Communications & Information | |||||||
| Sun Xueling | MOS, Education MOS, Social & Family Development |
MOS, Social & Family Development
MOS, Home Affairs | ||||||||
| Low Yen Ling | MOS, Trade & Industry MOS, Culture, Community & Youth | |||||||||
| Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim | MOS, Home Affairs MOS, National Development | |||||||||
| Gan Siow Huang | MOS, Education MOS, Manpower | |||||||||
| Desmond Tan | MOS, Home Affairs MOS, Sustainability & Environment |
MOS, Prime Minister's Office | ||||||||
| Alvin Tan | - | MOS, Trade & Industry MOS, Culture, Community & Youth | ||||||||
| Baey Yam Keng | SPS, Transport | SPS, Transport
SPS, Sustainability & Environment | ||||||||
| Eric Chua | PS, Culture, Community & Youth PS, Social & Family Development |
SPS, Culture, Community & Youth
SPS, Social & Family Development | ||||||||
| Rahayu Mahzam | - | PS, Health | PS, Health PS, Communications & Information |
SPS, Health
SPS, Law |
SPS, Health, SPS, Law | |||||
Notes
edit- ^ Chee Hong Tat served as Acting Minister of Transport from 12 July 2023 to 18 January 2024.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements". CNA. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (July 2020)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ Lai, Linette (25 July 2020). "PM Lee Hsien Loong announces new Cabinet line-up; changes at the helm for 6 ministries". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ Singapore Parliament (16 May 2021). "The Cabinet". Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ Government of Singapore (15 May 2021). "The Cabinet". Prime Minister's Office (Singapore). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Heng Swee Keat to be promoted to DPM in Cabinet reshuffle". Channel NewsAsia. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Transport Minister S Iswaran assisting in CPIB investigation, instructed to take leave of absence by PM Lee". Channel News Asia. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (July 2020)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 26 July 2020.
- ^ "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (April 2021)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 23 April 2021.
- ^ "X; Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Mothershipsg. 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 6 June 2022.
- ^ "X; Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Mothershipsg. 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (June 2022)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 6 June 2022.