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).
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
^ abcRachel 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.
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