Fifth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet

The Fifth Cabinet of Lee Hsien Loong of the Government of Singapore was announced on 25 July 2020[1] following the general election on 10 July 2020, and came into effect on 27 July 2020.

5th Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet

16th Cabinet of Singapore
Incumbent
Date formed27 July 2020
People and organisations
Head of stateHalimah Yacob
Head of governmentLee Hsien Loong
Deputy head of governmentHeng Swee Keat
No. of ministers20
Member partyPeople's Action Party (PAP)
Status in legislatureSupermajority
Opposition partyWorkers' Party (WP)
Progress Singapore Party (PSP)
Opposition leaderPritam Singh
History
Election(s)10 July 2020
Legislature term(s)14th
PredecessorFourth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet

There are seven new political office holders, six of whom are newly elected MPs:[2]

In addition, there are six outgoing political office holders:[1]

  • Khaw Boon Wan – former Coordinating Minister (retired).
  • Ng Chee Meng – former Minister (not elected).
  • Lam Pin Min – former Senior Minister of State (not elected).
  • Sam Tan – former Minister of State (retired).
  • Amrin Amin – former Senior Parliamentary Secretary (not elected).
  • Tan Wu Meng – former Senior Parliamentary Secretary (retired).

Initial composition

Cabinet

The 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]

Composition of the Cabinet
Portfolio Minister Portrait Date
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
李显龙		 12 August 2004
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat
王瑞杰		 1 May 2019[4]
Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies 27 July 2020
Minister for Finance 1 October 2015
Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean
张志贤		 1 May 2019
Coordinating Minister for National Security 1 October 2015
Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
தர்மன் சண்முகரத்தினம்		 1 May 2019
Coordinating Minister for Social Policies 1 October 2015
Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran
எஸ். ஈஸ்வரன்		 1 May 2018
Minister-in-Charge of Cybersecurity
Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong
唐振辉		 27 July 2020
Second Minister of Law
Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen
黄永宏		 1 October 2015
Minister for Education Lawrence Wong
黄循财		 27 July 2020
Second Minister for Finance 22 August 2016
Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan
விவியன் பாலகிருஷ்ணன்		 1 October 2015
Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation initiative
Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong
颜金勇		 21 May 2011
Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam
காசிவிஸ்வநாதன் சண்முகம்		 1 October 2015
Minister for Law 1 May 2008
Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo
杨莉明		 1 May 2018
Second Minister for Home Affairs 11 September 2017
Minister for National Development Desmond Lee
李智陞		 27 July 2020
Minister-in-Charge of Social Service Integration
Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli
ماسڬوس ذوالكفل		 27 July 2020
Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs 1 May 2018
Second Minister of Health 27 July 2020
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu Hai Yien
傅海燕		 27 July 2020
Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing
陈振声		 1 May 2018
Minister-in-Charge of the Public Service
Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung
王乙康		 27 July 2020
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Maliki Osman
محمد مالكي بن عثمان		 27 July 2020
Second Minister for Education
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Tan See Leng
陈诗龙		 27 July 2020
Second Minister for Manpower
Second Minister for Trade and Industry
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Thurai Rajah
இந்திராணி ராஜா		 1 May 2018
Second Minister for National Development 27 July 2020
Second Minister for Finance 1 May 2018

Senior Ministers of State

Ministers of State

Senior Parliamentary Secretaries

Parliamentary Secretaries
  • Eric Chua: Culture, Community and Youth and Social and Family Development
  • Rahayu Mahzam: Health (from 1 September 2020)

Current Cabinet

As of 27 July 2020
As of 27 July 2020 [5]
Ministry Ministers Ministers of State Parliamentary Secretaries
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Communications and Information (MCI)
Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)
Defence (MINDEF)
Education (MOE)
Finance (MOF)
Foreign Affairs (MFA)
Health (MOH)
Home Affairs (MHA)
Law (MINLAW)
Manpower (MOM)
National Development (MND)
Social and Family Development (MSF)
Sustainability and Environment (MSE)
Trade and Industry (MTI)
Transport (MOT)

References
  1. "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements". CNA. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  2. "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (July 2020)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. "PM Lee Hsien Loong announces new Cabinet line-up; changes at the helm for 6 ministries". The Straits Times. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. "Heng Swee Keat to be promoted to DPM in Cabinet reshuffle". Channel NewsAsia. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  5. "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (July 2020)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 26 July 2020.

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