Lawrence Wong Cabinet

Lawrence Wong Cabinet
18th Cabinet of Singapore
Incumbent
Date formed	15 May 2024
People and organisations
Head of state	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Head of government	Lawrence Wong
Deputy head of government	Gan Kim Yong Heng Swee Keat
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
Legislature term	14th
Predecessor	Fifth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet

The Cabinet of Lawrence Wong of the Government of Singapore was announced on 13 May 2024, and came into effect on 15 May 2024.^[1]

Changes

There are minimal changes to the Cabinet line-up following the swearing-in of Lawrence Wong as Prime Minister. Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister, while retaining his existing ministerial role. Three junior office holders have been promoted, while two backbenchers have been appointed Minister of State.^[2]

Ministers	Appointment
Gan Kim Yong	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry
Low Yen Ling	Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Culture and Community and Youth
Desmond Tan	Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
Rahayu Mahzam	Minister of State for Health and Digital Development and Information
Murali Pillai	Minister of State for Law and Transport
Shawn Huang	Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Education and Finance

Composition

The First Lawrence Wong Cabinet is composed of the following members. On 16 April 2024, then Prime Minister-designate Lawrence Wong announced that then outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong would assume the office of Senior Minister and stay on in his cabinet after stepping down as the Prime Minister on 15 May 2024.^[3]

Composition of the Cabinet^[4]

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait	Date
Prime Minister	Lawrence Wong		15 May 2024
Minister for Finance			15 May 2021
Senior Minister	Lee Hsien Loong		15 May 2024
Deputy Prime Minister	Gan Kim Yong		15 May 2024
Minister for Trade and Industry			15 May 2021
Deputy Prime Minister	Heng Swee Keat		1 May 2019
Senior Minister	Teo Chee Hean		1 May 2019
Coordinating Minister for National Security			1 October 2015
Minister for Defence	Ng Eng Hen		21 May 2011
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Vivian Balakrishnan		1 October 2015
Minister for Home Affairs	K. Shanmugam		1 October 2015
Minister for Law			1 May 2008
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment	Grace Fu Hai Yen		27 July 2020
Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations			18 January 2024
Minister for Education	Chan Chun Sing		15 May 2021
Minister for Social and Family Development	Masagos Zulkifli		27 July 2020
Second Minister of Health
Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs			1 May 2018
Minister for Health	Ong Ye Kung		15 May 2021
Minister for National Development	Desmond Lee		27 July 2020
Minister-in-charge of Social Service Integration
Minister for Digitial Development and Information	Josephine Teo		15 May 2021
Second Minister for Home Affairs			11 September 2017
Minister-in-Charge of the Smart Nation Initiative			15 May 2021
Minister-in-Charge of Cybersecurity
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Indranee Thurai Rajah		1 May 2018
Second Minister for Finance
Second Minister for National Development			27 July 2020
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Maliki Osman		27 July 2020
Second Minister for Education
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth	Edwin Tong		27 July 2020
Second Minister of Law
Minister for Manpower	Tan See Leng		15 May 2021
Second Minister for Trade and Industry			27 July 2020
Minister for Transport	Chee Hong Tat		18 January 2024
Second Minister for Finance

Senior Ministers of State

Composition of the Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait	Date
Senior Minister of State for Defence	Heng Chee How		1 May 2018
Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment	Amy Khor		27 July 2020
Senior Minister of State for Transport
Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs	Sim Ann		15 May 2021
Senior Minister of State for National Development			27 July 2020
Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information	Janil Puthucheary		1 May 2017
Senior Minister of State for Health			27 July 2020
Senior Minister of State for Manpower	Koh Poh Koon		15 May 2021
Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment			13 June 2022
Senior Minister of State for Defence	Zaqy Mohamad		27 July 2020
Senior Minister of State for Manpower
Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information	Tan Kiat How		13 June 2022
Senior Minister of State for National Development
Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth	Low Yen Ling		15 May 2024
Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry
Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office	Desmond Tan		15 May 2024

Ministers of State

Composition of the Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait	Date
Minister of State for Home Affairs	Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim		27 July 2020
Minister of State for National Development
Minister of State for Home Affairs	Sun Xueling		13 June 2022
Minister of State for Social and Family Development			27 July 2020
Minister of State for Education	Gan Siow Huang		15 May 2021
Minister of State for Manpower			27 July 2020
Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth	Alvin Tan		1 Sep 2020
Minister of State for Trade and Industry
Minister of State for Digital Development and Information	Rahayu Mahzam		15 May 2024
Minister of State for Health
Minister of State for Transport	Murali Pillai		1 July 2024
Minister of State for Law

Senior Parliamentary Secretaries

Composition of the Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait	Date
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and the Environment	Baey Yam Keng		13 June 2022
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Transport			1 May 2018
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth	Eric Chua		13 June 2022
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education	Shawn Huang		15 May 2024
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Finance

References

1. anthony_chia (15 April 2024). "PMO | Statement on the Handover Date (Apr 2024)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
2. katherine_chen (13 May 2024). "PMO | DPM Lawrence Wong at the Press Conference on the New Cabinet Line-Up (May 2024)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
3. "PM Lee to stay on as Senior Minister; any major Cabinet changes will come after GE: Lawrence Wong". CNA. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
4. Government of Singapore (16 May 2024). "The Cabinet". Prime Minister's Office (Singapore). Retrieved 17 May 2024.