Fourth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

Fourth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

4th Cabinet of Singapore
Date formed16 September 1972
Date dissolved31 December 1976
People and organisations
Head of stateBenjamin Sheares
Head of governmentLee Kuan Yew
Deputy head of governmentGoh Keng Swee (from 1973)
Member partyPeople's Action Party
Status in legislatureSupermajority
65 / 65
History
Election1972
Legislature term3rd Parliament of Singapore
PredecessorThird Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet
SuccessorFifth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

The Fourth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet is the fourth Cabinet of Singapore formed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. It was formed in 1972 after the 1972 Singaporean general election. The cabinet lasted from 1972 to 1976, with one shuffle in 1975.

Cabinet

The Fourth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet consisted of the following members.[1]

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Deputy Prime Minister Goh Keng Swee 20 March 1973 31 December 1976
Minister for Science and Technology Toh Chin Chye 16 September 1972 1 June 1975
Lee Chiaw Meng 2 June 1975 31 December 1976
Minister of Defence Goh Keng Swee 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Minister for Foreign Affairs S. Rajaratnam 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Minister for Labour Ong Pang Boon 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Minister for Communications Yong Nyuk Lin 16 September 1972 31 July 1975
Lim Kim San 1 August 1975 31 December 1976
Minister for the Environment Lim Kim San 16 September 1972 1 June 1975
Edmund W. Barker 2 June 1975 31 December 1976
Minister for Culture Jek Yeun Thong 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Minister for Social Affairs Othman Wok 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Minister for Law Edmund W. Barker 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Minister for Home Affairs Edmund W. Barker 16 September 1972 31 October 1972
Chua Sian Chin 31 October 1972 31 December 1976
Minister for National Development Edmund W. Barker 16 September 1972 1 June 1975
Lim Kim San 2 June 1975 31 December 1976
Minister for Health Chua Sian Chin 16 September 1972 1 June 1975
Toh Chin Chye 2 June 1975 31 December 1976
Minister for Finance Hon Sui Sen 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Minister for Education Lee Chiaw Meng 16 September 1972 1 June 1975
Toh Chin Chye 2 June 1975 15 June 1975
Lee Kuan Yew 15 June 1975 20 October 1975
Chua Sian Chin 20 October 1975 31 December 1976
Minister without portfolio Yong Nyuk Lin 1 August 1975 31 March 1976

Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries

The following were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries.[1]

Senior Ministers of State

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Foreign Affairs Abdul Rahim Ishak 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Lee Khoon Choy 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Communications Ong Teng Cheong 2 June 1975 31 December 1976
Education Chai Chong Yii 2 June 1975 31 December 1976
National Development Tan Eng Liang 2 June 1975 31 December 1976

Ministers of State

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Prime Minister's Office Ya'acob bin Mohamed 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Labour Sia Kah Hui 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Communications Ang Kok Peng 16 September 1972 28 April 1974
Chai Chong Yii 29 April 1974 1 June 1975
Health Ang Kok Peng 29 April 1974 31 December 1976
Education Chai Chong Yii 16 September 1972 28 April 1974

Senior Parliamentary Secretaries

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Defence Phua Bah Lee 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Labour Fong Sip Chee 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Environment Chor Yeok Eng 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Culture Sha'ari Tadin 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Social Affairs Chan Chee Seng 16 September 1972 31 December 1976

Parliamentary Secretaries

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Foreign Affairs Ong Soo Chuan 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Communications Lim Guan Hoo 16 September 1972 15 July 1973
National Development Ho Cheng Choon 16 September 1972 31 December 1976
Home Affairs Lim Guan Hoo 16 July 1973 31 December 1976
Education Ahmad Mattar 16 September 1972 31 December 1976

References

  1. ^ a b "THIRD PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore. Retrieved 28 July 2020.