Singapore Government Press Release
Media Division, Ministry of Information and The Arts,
MITA Building, 140 Hill Street, 2nd Storey, Singapore 179369
Tel: 837-9666EMBARGO TIME
4.00 pm, 17 Nov 2001
PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
CABINET AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS
The Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues will be sworn into office by the President at 5.00 pm on Friday, 23 November 2001, at the State Room, Istana.
Annex I lists the members of the new Cabinet and other office-holders and their portfolios. Their appointments will be with effect from 23 November 2001 unless otherwise stated.
Annex I also lists the five Mayors of CDCs (Community Development Councils). They will be appointed wef 24 November 2001 and sworn in on 5 January 2002.
Annex II lists the Ministries and their office-holders.
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology will be renamed the Ministry of Transport. Its portfolio of Information Technology and Telecommunications will be transferred to the Ministry of Information and the Arts which will be renamed Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (abbreviated to MITA).
At the end of one year, Dr Lee Boon Yang and Mr David Lim will exchange their Ministerial portfoliosMinistries..
RAdm Teo Chee Hean has asked Dr Tony Tan to continue to help him oversee the development of the university sector. He finds the current arrangement productive and good.
When Parliament opens on 25 March 2002, it will elect Mr Abdullah Tarmugi to succeed Mr Tan Soo Khoon as Speaker. Mr Abdullah Tarmugi will relinquish his appointment as Minister for Community Development and Sports on 24 March 2002. Assoc Prof Yaacob Ibrahim will succeed him as Acting Minister. He will also take over from Mr Abdullah Tarmugi as be the Minister Minister-in- charge of Muslim Affairs.
Mr David Lim will relinquish his appointment as Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence, after Mr Cedric Foo has settled down in his appointment as Minister of State, Ministry of Defence.
Mr Chan Soo Sen will be seconded on a part-time basis to help out in the NTUC.
Seven new MPs are being appointed Senior Ministers of State/Ministers of State. Ideally, they should first spend some time as back-benchers to gain experience in the political arena. But as time is short to build a new Cabinet for 2007 and beyond, they are being appointed immediately so that their leadership skills and political sensitivity can be assessed early.
Further Cabinet changes are planned in mid-term.
Retired Office-Holders
The Prime Minister thanks the following office-holders who have retired for their past valuable services and contributions:
(a) Dr Richard Hu Tsu Tau – Minister for Finance
(b) Dr Aline Wong – Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Education
(c) Mr Sidek Saniff – Senior Minister of State, Ministry of the Environment
(d) Mr Peter Chen – Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Trade and Industry
(e) Dr Ow Chin Hock – Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(f) Mr Harun Abdul Ghani – Political Secretary to the Minister for Home Affairs
(g) Mr Zulkifli Mohamad – Political Secretary to the Minister without Portfolio.
Dr John Chen has asked not to be re-appointed as he wishes to resume his private sector career. The Prime Minister thanks him for his valuable contributions and services as Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology & Ministry of National Development.
17 November 2001
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Annex I
CABINET AND OTHER OFFICE-HOLDERS
(wef 23 November 2001)
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NAME |
DESIGNATION |
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Mr Goh Chok Tong |
Prime Minister |
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Mr Lee Kuan Yew |
Senior Minister Prime Minister’s Office |
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BG Lee Hsien Loong |
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Finance |
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Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam |
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Defence |
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Prof S Jayakumar |
Minister for Law & Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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Mr Lee Yock Suan |
Minister Prime Minister’s Office & Second Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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Mr Wong Kan Seng |
Minister for Home Affairs |
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Mr Yeo Cheow Tong |
Minister for Transport |
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BG George Yong-Boon Yeo |
Minister for Trade and Industry |
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Dr Lee Boon Yang |
Minister for Manpower |
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Mr Mah Bow Tan |
Minister for National Development |
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Mr Lim Boon Heng |
Minister Prime Minister’s Office |
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Mr Lim Hng Kiang |
Minister for Health & Second Minister for Finance |
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Mr Abdullah Tarmugi
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Minister for Community Development and Sports & Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs |
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RAdm Teo Chee Hean |
Minister for Education & Second Minister for Defence |
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Mr Lim Swee Say |
Minister for the Environment |
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Mr David Lim |
Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts & Senior Minister of State Ministry of Defence |
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MINISTERS OF STATE |
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Mr Matthias Yao |
Senior Minister of State Prime Minister’s Office |
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Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee |
Senior Minister of State Ministry of Law & Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Mr Khaw Boon Wan |
Senior Minister of State Ministry of Transport & Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts |
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Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
Senior Minister of State Ministry of Trade and Industry & Ministry of Education |
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Mr Chan Soo Sen |
Minister of State Prime Minister’s Office & Ministry of Community Development and Sports |
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Assoc Prof Yaacob Ibrahim |
Minister of State Ministry of Community Development and Sports |
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Dr Balaji Sadasivan |
Minister of State Ministry of Health & Ministry of the Environment |
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Mr Raymond Lim (wef 1 December 2001) |
Minister of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Ministry of Trade and Industry |
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Dr Ng Eng Hen (wef 1 January 2002) |
Minister of State Ministry of Education & Ministry of Manpower |
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Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (wef 1 January 2002) |
Minister of State Ministry of National Development |
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Mr Cedric Foo (wef 1 April 2002) |
Minister of State Ministry of Defence |
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PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES |
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Mr Yatiman Yusof |
Senior Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts |
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Assoc Prof Koo Tsai Kee |
Senior Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of National Development & Ministry of Defence |
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Mr Mohamad Maidin Packer Mohamed |
Senior Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Mr Hawazi Daipi |
Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Education |
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POLITICAL SECRETARY |
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Mr Tang Guan Seng |
Political Secretary to Prime Minister |
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MAYORS |
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Mr Othman Haron Eusofe |
South East CDC |
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Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed |
North East CDC |
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Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon |
South West CDC |
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Dr Teo Ho Pin |
North West CDC |
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Mr Heng Chee How |
Central Singapore CDC |
Notes:
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Annex II
CABINET AND OTHER OFFICE-HOLDERS (BY MINISTRIES)
(wef 23 November 2001)
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Ministries |
Ministers |
Ministers of State |
Parliamentary Secretaries/ Political Secretaries |
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PMO |
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Prime Minister’s Office |
Mr Goh Chok Tong (Prime Minister) |
Mr Matthias Yao (Senior Minister of State) |
Tang Guan Seng (Political Secretary) |
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Mr Lee Kuan Yew (Senior Minister) |
Mr Chan Soo Sen* |
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BG Lee Hsien Loong* (Deputy Prime Minister) |
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Mr Lee Yock Suan* |
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Mr Lim Boon Heng |
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY |
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Defence |
Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam (Deputy Prime Minister) |
Mr David Lim (up to mid 2002) (Senior Minister of State) |
Assoc Prof Koo Tsai Kee* (Sr Parliamentary Secretary) |
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Radm Teo Chee Hean* (2nd Minister) |
Mr Cedric Foo (wef 1 Apr 2002) |
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Foreign Affairs |
Prof S Jayakumar* Mr Lee Yock Suan* (2nd Minister) |
Mr Raymond Lim* (wef 1 Dec 2001) |
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Home Affairs |
Mr Wong Kan Seng |
Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee* (Senior Minister of State) |
Mr Mohamad Maidin (Sr Parliamentary Secretary) |
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Law |
Prof S Jayakumar* |
Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee* (Senior Minister of State) |
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ECONOMICS |
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Finance |
BG Lee Hsien Loong* |
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Finance |
Mr Lim Hng Kiang* (2nd Minister) |
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Trade and Industry |
BG George Yong-Boon Yeo |
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam* (Senior Minister of State) Mr Raymond Lim* (wef 1 Dec 2001) |
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Manpower |
Dr Lee Boon Yang |
Dr Ng Eng Hen* (wef 1 Jan 2002) |
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Transport |
Mr Yeo Cheow Tong |
Mr Khaw Boon Wan* (Senior Minister of State) |
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Information, Communications and the Arts |
Mr David Lim (Ag Minister) |
Mr Khaw Boon Wan* (Senior Minister of State) |
Mr Yatiman Yusof (Sr Parliamentary Secretary) |
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SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENT |
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Education |
Radm Teo Chee Hean* |
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam* (Senior Minister of State) Dr Ng Eng Hen* (wef 1 Jan 2002) |
Mr Hawazi Daipi
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Community Development and Sports |
Mr Abdullah Tarmugi (Up to 24 Mar 2002) Assoc Prof Yaacob Ibrahim (Ag Minister from 25 Mar 2002) |
Mr Chan Soo Sen* Assoc Prof Yaacob Ibrahim (up to 24 Mar 2002) |
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Health |
Mr Lim Hng Kiang* |
Dr Balaji Sadasivan* |
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National Development |
Mr Mah Bow Tan |
Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (wef 1 Jan 2002) |
Assoc Prof Koo Tsai Kee* (Senior Parliamentary Secretary) |
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Environment |
Mr Lim Swee Say |
Dr Balaji Sadasivan* |
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