Third Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

Third Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

3rd Cabinet of Singapore
Date formed16 April 1968
Date dissolved15 September 1972
People and organisations
Head of stateYusof Ishak (until 1970)
Yeoh Ghim Seng (1970–1971)
Benjamin Sheares (from 1971)
Head of governmentLee Kuan Yew
Member partyPeople's Action Party
Status in legislatureSupermajority
58 / 58
History
Election1968
Legislature term2nd Parliament of Singapore
PredecessorSecond Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet
SuccessorFourth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

The Third Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet was the third Cabinet of Singapore formed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in 1968, after the 1968 Singaporean general election. The cabinet lasted until 1972, with one shuffle in 1970.

Cabinet

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

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Minister for Science and Technology Toh Chin Chye 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Minister for Finance Goh Keng Swee 16 April 1968 10 August 1970
Hon Sui Sen 11 August 1970 15 September 1972
Minister for Foreign Affairs S. Rajaratnam 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Minister for Labour S. Rajaratnam 16 April 1968 4 July 1971
Ong Pang Boon 5 July 1971 15 September 1972
Minister for Education Ong Pang Boon 16 April 1968 10 August 1970
Lim Kim San 11 August 1970 15 September 1972
Minister for Communications Yong Nyuk Lin 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Minister for the Interior and Defence Lim Kim San 16 April 1968 10 August 1970
Minister for Culture Jek Yeun Thong 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Minister for Social Affairs Othman Wok 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Minister for Law Edmund W. Barker 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Minister for National Development Edmund W. Barker 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Minister for Health Chua Sian Chin 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Minister for Defence Goh Keng Swee 11 August 1970 15 September 1972
Minister for Home Affairs Ong Pang Boon 11 August 1970 5 September 1970
Wong Lin Ken 6 September 1970 15 September 1972

Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries

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

Ministers of State

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Prime Minister's Office Lee Khoon Choy 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Ya'acob bin Mohamed 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Finance Yang See Chim 11 August 1970 15 September 1972
Foreign Affairs Abdul Rahim Ishak 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Labour Sia Kah Hui 11 August 1970 15 September 1972
Defence Wee Toon Boon 16 April 1968 15 September 1972
Culture Lee Khoon Choy 16 April 1968 3 May 1968

Parliamentary Secretaries

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Finance S. Ramaswamy 16 April 1968 3 May 1968
Yang See Chim 3 May 1968 10 August 1970
Foreign Affairs L. P. Rodrigo 1 August 1969 5 September 1970
Labour Sia Kah Hui 3 May 1968 10 August 1970
Fong Sip Chee 1 January 1972 15 September 1972
Education Lee Chiaw Meng 3 May 1968 10 August 1970
Mohd Ghazali bin Ismail 11 August 1970 31 May 1972
Sha'ari bin Tadin[a] 1 June 1972 15 September 1972
Communications Phua Bah Lee 3 May 1968 31 December 1971
Culture Fong Sip Chee 3 May 1968 31 December 1971
Sha'ari bin Tadin 1 June 1972 15 September 1972
Social Affairs Chan Chee Seng 3 May 1968 15 September 1972
Buang bin Omar Junid 3 May 1968 31 March 1970
Law S. Ramaswamy 3 May 1968 10 October 1970
National Development Ho Cheng Choon 3 May 1968 15 September 1972
Health Chor Yeok Eng 3 May 1968 15 September 1972
Defence Phua Bah Lee 1 January 1972 15 September 1972
Home Affairs L. P. Rodrigo 6 September 1970 15 September 1972

Notes:

  1. ^ In an acting capacity.

References

  1. ^ a b "SECOND PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore. Retrieved 27 July 2020.