Wednesday, May 18, 2011

New Cabinet


New Cabinet
PM Lee Hsien Loong announced his new Cabinet in a press conference today. Eleven of the 14 ministries will have a new minister in charge. Wong Kan Seng, Mah Bow Tan and Raymond Lim will step down from the Cabinet, along with Goh Chok Tong and Lee Kuan Yew. The new Cabinet will see 9 ministers stepping down from the previous team. Here's the full list:



MINISTERS

Teo Chee Hean - Deputy Prime Minister, coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs

Tharman Shanmugaratnam - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance and Minister for Manpower

Lim Hng Kiang - Minister for Trade and Industry

Lim Swee Say - Minister, Prime Minister's Office

Yaacob Ibrahim - Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts

Khaw Boon Wan - Minister for National Development

Dr Ng Eng Hen - Minister for Defence

Dr Vivian Balakrishnan - Minister for Environment and Water Resources

K Shanmugam - Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law

Gan Kim Yong - Minister for Health

Lui Tuck Yew - Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs

S Iswaran - Minister in Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Home Affairs, Second Minister for Trade and Industry

Heng Swee Keat - Minister for Education

MG (NS) Chan Chun Sing - Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Minister of State for Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts



SENIOR MINISTERS OF STATE

Grace Fu Hai Yien - Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts and Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources

Mr Heng Chee How - Prime Minister's Office



MINISTERS OF STATE

Lee Yi Shyan - Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of National Development

Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan - Ministry of Health

Masagos Zulkifli - Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Teo Ser Luck - Ministry of Trade and Industry

Halimah Yacob - Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

Josephine Teo - Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Transport

Lawrence Wong - Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Education

BG (NS) Tan Chuan-Jin - Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Manpower



SENIOR PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES

Hawazi Daipi - Ministry of Education and Ministry of Manpower

Dr Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman - Ministry of Defence and Ministry of National Development

Sam Tan - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

Sim Ann - Ministry of Education and Ministry of Law

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