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Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (Jun 2022)

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6 June 2022

The Prime Minister announced his new Cabinet line-up and other political appointments on 6 June 2022. The changes will take effect from 13 June 2022.

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The Prime Minister will make the following changes to his Cabinet with effect from 13 June 2022.

Promotions

Mr Lawrence Wong will be promoted to Deputy Prime Minister. He will be the Acting Prime Minister in the absence of the Prime Minister. He will continue as Minister for Finance.

Mr Tan Kiat How will be promoted to Senior Minister of State. He will continue in the Ministry of Communications and Information and the Ministry of National Development.

Mr Eric Chua will be promoted to Senior Parliamentary Secretary. He will continue in the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and the Ministry of Social and Family Development.

Ms Rahayu Mahzam will be promoted to Senior Parliamentary Secretary, and will take up a new appointment in the Ministry of Law. She will continue in the Ministry of Health, but relinquish her appointment in the Ministry of Communications and Information.

Other Political Appointments

Mr Chee Hong Tat will be appointed Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. He will continue in the Ministry of Transport.

Dr Koh Poh Koon will be appointed Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment. He will continue in the Ministry of Manpower, but relinquish his appointment in the Ministry of Health.

Ms Sun Xueling will be appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. She will continue in the Ministry of Social and Family Development, but relinquish her appointment in the Ministry of Education.

Mr Desmond Tan will be appointed Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. He will relinquish his appointments in the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment.

Mr Baey Yam Keng will be appointed Senior Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment. He will continue in the Ministry of Transport.

Additional Responsibilities

Mr Lawrence Wong will assume responsibility for the Strategy Group within the Prime Minister’s Office, taking over from Mr Heng Swee Keat.

The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has agreed to the Prime Minister’s request for Mr Chee Hong Tat to return to the Government full-time, and accepted his proposal for Mr Desmond Tan to join the NTUC.

Annex A gives the revised portfolios of the Cabinet members.

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PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
6 JUNE 2022

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ANNEX A: CABINET AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS (from 13 June 2022)

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	PM/DPM/SMs	MINISTER	MINISTER OF STATE
PMO	PM Lee Hsien Loong DPM Lawrence Wongⁱ DPM Heng Swee Keatⁱⁱ SM Teo Chee Heanⁱⁱⁱ SM Tharman Shanmugaratnam^iv	Ms Indranee Rajah^v Maliki Osman	Desmond Tan

PM/DPM/SMs

MINISTER

MINISTER OF STATE

PMO

PM Lee Hsien Loong

DPM Lawrence Wongⁱ

DPM Heng Swee Keatⁱⁱ

SM Teo Chee Heanⁱⁱⁱ

SM Tharman Shanmugaratnam^iv

Ms Indranee Rajah^v

Maliki Osman

Desmond Tan

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	MINISTER	2ND MINISTER	SR MINISTER OF STATE	MINISTER OF STATE	SR PARL SEC
MCI	Josephine Teo^vi		Janil Puthucheary^vii Tan Kiat How^viii
MCCY	Edwin Tong^ix			Low Yen Ling Alvin Tan	Eric Chua
MINDEF	Ng Eng Hen		Heng Chee How Zaqy Mohamad
MOE	Chan Chun Sing^x	Maliki Osman		Gan Siow Huang
MOF	Lawrence Wong	Indranee Rajah	Chee Hong Tat
MFA	Vivian Balakrishnan	Maliki Osman	Sim Ann
MOH	Ong Ye Kung^xi	Masagos Zulkifli	Janil Puthucheary		Rahayu Mahzam
MHA	K Shanmugam	Josephine Teo		Faishal Ibrahim Sun Xueling
MINLAW	K Shanmugam	Edwin Tong			Rahayu Mahzam
MOM	Tan See Leng		Koh Poh Koon Zaqy Mohamad	Gan Siow Huang
MND	Desmond Lee	Indranee Rajah	Sim Ann^xii Tan Kiat How	Faishal Ibrahim
MSF	Masagos Zulkifli^xiii Desmond Lee (i/c of Social Services Integration)			Sun Xueling	Eric Chua
MSE	Grace Fu		Amy Khor Koh Poh Koon		Baey Yam Keng
MTI	Gan Kim Yong S Iswaran (i/c of Trade Relations)	Tan See Leng		Low Yen Ling Alvin Tan
MOT	S Iswaran		Amy Khor Chee Hong Tat		Baey Yam Keng

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MAYORS
Central Singapore District North East District North West District South East District South West District	Denise Phua Desmond Choo Alex Yam Mohd Fahmi Aliman Low Yen Ling^xiv

MAYORS

Central Singapore District

North East District

North West District

South East District

South West District

Denise Phua

Desmond Choo

Alex Yam

Mohd Fahmi Aliman

Low Yen Ling^xiv

Concurrent responsibilities

ⁱ Lawrence Wong – Strategy Group
ⁱⁱ Heng Swee Keat – Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies, Future Economy Council, National Research Foundation (assisting PM), Productivity Fund Administration Board (assisting PM)
ⁱⁱⁱ Teo Chee Hean – Coordinating Minister for National Security, Smart Nation and Digital Government Group, National Security Coordination Secretariat, National Population and Talent Division, National Climate Change Secretariat
^iv Tharman Shanmugaratnam – Coordinating Minister for Social Policies, Monetary Authority of Singapore, National Jobs Council
^v Indranee Rajah – Population matters (assisting Mr Teo Chee Hean)
^vi Josephine Teo – Smart Nation and Cybersecurity
^vii Janil Puthucheary – GovTech
^viii Tan Kiat How – REACH
^ix Edwin Tong – People’s Association
^x Chan Chun Sing – Public Service Division
^xi Ong Ye Kung – Ageing issues
^xii Sim Ann – Municipal Services Office
^xiii Masagos Zulkifli – Muslim affairs, CDC matters (assisting Mr Edwin Tong)
^xiv Low Yen Ling – Coordinator of Mayors

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