First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet
First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet | |
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![]() 9th Cabinet of Singapore | |
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Date formed | 28 November 1990 |
Date dissolved | 31 August 1991 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Wee Kim Wee |
Head of government | Goh Chok Tong |
Deputy head of government | Lee Hsien Loong Ong Teng Cheong |
Member party | People's Action Party |
Status in legislature | Supermajority 80 / 84 |
Opposition party | Worker's Party (WP) Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) |
Opposition leader | Chiam See Tong (SDP) |
History | |
Legislature term | 7th Parliament of Singapore |
Predecessor | Eighth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet |
Successor | Second Goh Chok Tong Cabinet |
The first Goh Chok Tong Cabinet was formed after then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was sworn in after the previous Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, stepped down and handed over prime ministership to Goh on 28 November 1990.[1][2]
Cabinet
The First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet consisted of the following members.[3]
Portfolio | Name | Term start | Term end |
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Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Senior Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
First Deputy Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Second Deputy Prime Minister | Ong Teng Cheong | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | Lee Boon Yang | 1 July 1991 | 31 August 1991 |
Minister for Defence | Goh Chok Tong | 28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 |
Yeo Ning Hong | 1 July 1991 | 31 August 1991 | |
Second Minister for Defence | Yeo Ning Hong | 28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 |
Lee Boon Yang | 1 July 1991 | 31 August 1991 | |
Minister for Trade and Industry | Lee Hsien Loong | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | Wong Kan Seng | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs | George Yeo | 1 July 1991 | 31 August 1991 |
Minister for Community Development | Wong Kan Seng | 28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 |
Seet Ai Mee[a] | 1 July 1991 | 31 August 1991 | |
Minister for Home Affairs | S. Jayakumar | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Minister for Law | S. Jayakumar | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Minister for Finance | Richard Hu | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Minister for Labour | Lee Yock Suan | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Minister for National Development | S. Dhanabalan | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Minister for Health | Yeo Cheow Tong | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Ministry for the Environment | Ahmad Mattar | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Minister for Education | Tony Tan | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Minister for Information and the Arts | George Yeo[b] | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Minister for Communications | Yeo Ning Hong | 28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 |
Mah Bow Tan[a] | 1 July 1991 | 31 August 1991 | |
Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs | Ahmad Mattar | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Notes
- ^ a b In an acting capacity.
- ^ In an acting capacity from 28 November 1990 until 30 June 1991.
Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries
The following were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries.[3]
Senior Ministers of State
Portfolio | Name | Term start | Term end |
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Defence | Lee Boon Yang | 28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 |
Education | Tay Eng Soon | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Ministers of State
Portfolio | Name | Term start | Term end |
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Trade and Industry | Mah Bow Tan | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Community Development | Seet Ai Mee | 28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 |
Ch'ng Jit Koon | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 | |
Home Affairs | Peter Sung | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
National Development | Peter Sung | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Health | Aline Wong | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Education | Seet Ai Mee | 28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 |
Sidek Saniff | 1 July 1991 | 31 August 1991 | |
Communications | Mah Bow Tan | 28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 |
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
Portfolio | Name | Term start | Term end |
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National Development | Lee Yiok Seng | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Information and the Arts | Ho Kah Leong | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Parliamentary Secretaries
Portfolio | Name | Term start | Term end |
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Home Affairs | Tang Guan Seng | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
Education | Tang Guan Seng | 28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
References
- ^ Lee Kuan Yew (2000). From Third World to First. New York: HarperCollins. p. 672. ISBN 978-0-06-019776-6.
- ^ "Goh's chaired his first Cabinet meeting". BookSG. Singapore. 1990. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ a b "SEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore.