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Second Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet
Second Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet
; 14th Cabinet of Singapore
2006–2011
Date formed	30 May 2006
Date dissolved	20 May 2011
People and organisations
Head of state	S. R. Nathan
Head of government	Lee Hsien Loong
Member party	People's Action Party
Status in legislature	Supermajority; 82 / 94
Opposition party	Workers' Party
Opposition leader	Low Thia Khiang
History
Election	6 May 2006
Legislature term	11th
Predecessor	1st Lee Cabinet
Successor	3rd Lee Cabinet

The Second Cabinet of Lee Hsien Loong of the Government of Singapore was sworn into office on 30 May 2006, following the 2006 general election for the 11th Parliament. As was the case previously, the Cabinet was made up exclusively of Members of Parliament from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).

Initial composition

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made few changes in his administration. In the only change at the ministerial level, Raymond Lim was promoted to be the Minister for Transport replacing Yeo Cheow Tong. Five new faces were sworn into political office, namely Lui Tuck Yew, Lee Yi Shyan, Grace Fu, Teo Ser Luck and Masagos Zulkifli. They hold the roles of Minister of State or Parliamentary secretaries in political office. Minister for Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam was given another role as Second Minister for Finance. Transport Minister Raymond Lim relinquished his roles as Second Minister for Finance and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan also had a second post as Second Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts as he relinquished his Second Minister for Trade and Industry portfolio. Senior Minister of State Balaji Sadasivan relinquished his position as Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Health for the Foreign Affairs Ministry. However, he continued as Senior Minister for State for the MICA. Heng Chee How took Balaji's place as Senior Minister of State for Health; he relinquished his appointments in the Ministry of National Development and Mayor for the Central Community Development Council. Zainul Abidin Rasheed was appointed Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Koo Tsai Kee Minister of State for Defence. Re-elected MPs, namely S Iswaran, Amy Khor and Zainudin Nordin, took political office as well.^[1]

The Cabinet of Singapore 2006 consisted of the following persons:^[2]

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Senior Minister	Goh Chok Tong
Minister Mentor	Lee Kuan Yew
Deputy Prime Minister Acting Prime Minister in the Prime Minister's absence Minister for Defence Minister in Charge of the Civil Service	Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Home Affairs	Wong Kan Seng
Senior Minister Co-ordinating Minister for National Security	S. Jayakumar
Minister for Foreign Affairs	George Yeo Yong-Boon
Minister for Finance	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Minister for National Development	Mah Bow Tan
Minister for Trade and Industry	Lim Hng Kiang
Minister for Health	Khaw Boon Wan
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs	Yaacob Ibrahim
Minister for Transport Second Minister for Foreign Affairs	Raymond Lim Siang Keat
Minister for Law Second Minister for Home Affairs	K. Shanmugam
Minister for Manpower	Gan Kim Yong
Minister for Education Second Minister for Defence	Ng Eng Hen
Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports	Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Lim Boon Heng
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Lim Swee Say
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for Finance Second Minister for Transport	Lim Hwee Hua
Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts	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).

As of 1 August 2006 (except as indicated otherwise), the following Members of Parliament were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries:^[2]

Portfolio	Member of Parliament
Senior Ministers of State
Ministry of Law Ministry of Home Affairs	Ho Peng Kee
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Balaji Sadasivan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Zainul Abidin bin Mohamed Rasheed
Ministry of Education Ministry of Trade and Industry	S. Iswaran
Ministry of National Development Ministry of Education	Grace Fu Hai Yien
Ministers of State
Ministry of Defence	Koo Tsai Kee
Ministry of Manpower Ministry of Trade and Industry	Lee Yi Shyan
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports	Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
Prime Minister's Office	Heng Chee How
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
Ministry of Education Ministry of Home Affairs	Masagos Zulkifli
Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources	Amy Khor Lean Suan
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports Ministry of Transport	Teo Ser Luck
Ministry of Manpower Ministry of Health	Hawazi Daipi
Parliamentary Secretaries
Ministry of National Development	Mohamad Maliki Osman
Ministry of Trade and Industry Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts	Sam Tan

Reshuffles

As of 1 April 2009

A Cabinet reshuffle took place effective as of April 2009. Professor S. Jayakumar relinquished his post of Deputy Prime Minister, and was replaced by Teo Chee Hean.^[3]^[4] Gan Kim Yong was appointed Minister for Manpower after a year as Acting Minister,^[3]^[5] and Lim Hwee Hua took up the post of Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, becoming the first woman in Singapore to become a full minister.^[3]^[6]

As of 1 April 2009, the Cabinet of Singapore consisted of the following persons:^[2]

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Senior Minister	Goh Chok Tong
Minister Mentor	Lee Kuan Yew
Deputy Prime Minister Acting Prime Minister in the Prime Minister's absence Minister for Defence Minister in Charge of the Civil Service	Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Home Affairs	Wong Kan Seng
Senior Minister Co-ordinating Minister for National Security	S. Jayakumar
Minister for Foreign Affairs	George Yeo Yong-Boon
Minister for Finance	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Minister for National Development	Mah Bow Tan
Minister for Trade and Industry	Lim Hng Kiang
Minister for Health	Khaw Boon Wan
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs	Yaacob Ibrahim
Minister for Transport Second Minister for Foreign Affairs	Raymond Lim Siang Keat
Minister for Law Second Minister for Home Affairs	K. Shanmugam
Minister for Manpower	Gan Kim Yong
Minister for Education Second Minister for Defence	Ng Eng Hen
Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports	Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Lim Boon Heng
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Lim Swee Say
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for Finance Second Minister for Transport	Lim Hwee Hua
Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts	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).

As of 1 April 2009 (except as indicated otherwise), the following Members of Parliament were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries:^[2]

Portfolio	Member of Parliament
Senior Ministers of State
Ministry of Law Ministry of Home Affairs	Ho Peng Kee
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Balaji Sadasivan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Zainul Abidin bin Mohamed Rasheed
Ministry of Education Ministry of Trade and Industry	S. Iswaran
Ministry of National Development Ministry of Education	Grace Fu Hai Yien
Ministers of State
Ministry of Defence	Koo Tsai Kee
Ministry of Manpower Ministry of Trade and Industry	Lee Yi Shyan
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports	Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
Prime Minister's Office	Heng Chee How
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
Ministry of Education Ministry of Home Affairs	Masagos Zulkifli
Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources	Amy Khor Lean Suan
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports Ministry of Transport	Teo Ser Luck
Ministry of Manpower Ministry of Health	Hawazi Daipi
Parliamentary Secretaries
Ministry of National Development	Mohamad Maliki Osman
Ministry of Trade and Industry Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts	Sam Tan (with effect from 1 July 2009)

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

There are five Community Development Councils (CDCs) appointed by the board of management of the People's Association (PA) for districts in Singapore, namely, the Central Singapore CDC, North East CDC, North West CDC, South East CDC and South West CDC.^[7] Where the number of residents in a district is not less than 150,000, the PA's board of management is empowered to designate the Chairman of a CDC to be the Mayor for the district that the CDC is appointed for.^[8] As it is the practice for MPs to be appointed as Chairmen of CDCs, these MPs have also been designated as Mayors. As of 1 April 2009 (except as indicated otherwise), the Mayors were:^[2]^[9]

District	Mayor
South East District	Matthias Yao Chih
South West District	Amy Khor Lean Suan
North West District	Teo Ho Pin
Central Singapore District	Zainudin bin Nordin
North East District	Teo Ser Luck (with effect from 31 May 2009)

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

As of 1 November 2010

In October 2010, a further "minor adjustment" was announced. Senior Minister S. Jayakumar relinquished his post of Co-ordinating Minister for National Security, which was taken up by Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng. In turn, Wong gave up his Home Affairs portfolio in favour of Minister for Law K. Shanmugam. Lui Tuck Yew was promoted to full minister in the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts.^[10] Thus, as of 1 November 2010, the Cabinet of Singapore consisted of the persons listed in the table below.^[2]^[10]

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy Prime Minister Acting Prime Minister in the Prime Minister's absence Minister for Defence Minister in Charge of the Civil Service	Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister Co-ordinating Minister for National Security	Wong Kan Seng
Senior Minister	Goh Chok Tong
Senior Minister	S. Jayakumar
Minister Mentor	Lee Kuan Yew
Minister for Foreign Affairs	George Yeo Yong-Boon
Minister for Finance	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Minister for National Development	Mah Bow Tan
Minister for Trade and Industry	Lim Hng Kiang
Minister for Health	Khaw Boon Wan
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs	Yaacob Ibrahim
Minister for Transport Second Minister for Foreign Affairs	Raymond Lim Siang Keat
Minister for Law Minister for Home Affairs	K. Shanmugam
Minister for Manpower	Gan Kim Yong
Minister for Education Second Minister for Defence	Ng Eng Hen
Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports	Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Lim Boon Heng
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Lim Swee Say
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Second Minister for Finance Second Minister for Transport	Lim Hwee Hua
Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts	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).

As of 1 November 2010 (except as indicated otherwise), the following Members of Parliament were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries:^[3]^[10]

Portfolio	Member of Parliament
Senior Ministers of State
Ministry of Education Ministry of Trade and Industry	S. Iswaran
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Zainul Abidin bin Mohamed Rasheed
Ministry of Law Ministry of Home Affairs	Ho Peng Kee
Ministry of National Development Ministry of Education	Grace Fu Hai Yien
Ministers of State
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports	Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
Ministry of Defence	Koo Tsai Kee
Ministry of Education Ministry of Home Affairs	Masagos Zulkifli
Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources	Amy Khor Lean Suan
Ministry of Manpower Ministry of Trade and Industry	Lee Yi Shyan
Prime Minister's Office	Heng Chee How
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports Ministry of Transport	Teo Ser Luck
Ministry of Manpower Ministry of Health	Hawazi Daipi
Ministry of National Development	Mohamad Maliki Osman
Ministry of Trade and Industry Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts	Sam Tan
Parliamentary Secretaries
None

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

References

^ Hasnita A. Majid (22 May 2006), PM Lee announces changes to Cabinet line-up, Channel NewsAsia.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "The PM's new cabinet" (PDF), The Straits Times, p. A8, 27 March 2009, archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sue-Ann Chia (27 March 2009), "Teo Chee Hean named Deputy Prime Minister", The Straits Times (reproduced on the website of the Prime Minister's Office), p. A1, archived from the original on 24 April 2009; Loh Chee Kong (27 March 2009), "A team for new challenges", Today, pp. 1, 3, archived from the original on 24 April 2009.
^ Goh Chin Lian (27 March 2009), "PM's team strengthened with Teo as deputy", The Straits Times, p. A8, archived from the original on 10 May 2009.
^ Jeremy Au Yong (27 March 2009), "Minister Gan keeps his focus on jobs", The Straits Times, p. A8, archived from the original on 10 May 2009.
^ Aaron Low (27 March 2009), "Lim Hwee Hwa is first woman minister", The Straits Times, p. A1, archived from the original on 24 April 2009; Derrick A. Paulo (27 March 2009), "Hwee Hua hopes to inspire", Today, p. 3, archived from the original on 24 April 2009.
^ People's Association (Community Development Councils) Rules (Cap. 227, R 2, 1998 Rev. Ed.) ("PA (CDC) Rules"), rr. 3 and 4 and 1st Sch.
^ PA (CDC) Rules, r. 6.
^ Overview of CDC, People's Association, 5 July 2007, archived from the original on 17 December 2008, retrieved 15 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rachel Lin (28 October 2010), "Cabinet changes from Nov 1: Shanmugam is one of four ministers in reshuffle; PM calls ministerial changes a 'natural progression'", The Straits Times, pp. A1 & A6; Imelda Saad; Zul Othman (28 October 2010), "Renewal in the Cabinet: Prime Minister Lee says changes a 'natural progression'", Today, p. 1, archived from the original on 29 October 2010.