Ministry of Law (Singapore)

Ministry of Law
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters100 High Street, #08-02 The Treasury, Singapore 179434
MottoA Trusted Legal System, A Trusted Singapore
Employees1,022[1]
Annual budgetIncrease S$555.57 million (2019)[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
  • Luke Goh,
    Permanent Secretary
  • Calvin Phua,
    Deputy Secretary
Child agencies
Websitewww.mlaw.gov.sg
Agency IDT08GA0018G

The Ministry of Law (MinLaw; Malay: Kementerian Undang-Undang; Chinese: 律政部; Tamil: சட்ட அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the advancement in access to justice, the rule of law, the economy and society through policy, law and services.

Organisational structure

The Ministry of Law comprises

Ministers

The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Law, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent minister is MP for Nee Soon GRC K. Shanmugam from the People's Action Party.

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Took office Left office Party Cabinet
K. M. Byrne
MP for Crawford
(1913–1990)
5 June
1959
17 October
1963
PAP Lee K. I
Vacant
(18 October 1963–31 October 1964)
Edmund W. Barker[2][3]
MP for Tanglin
(1920–2001)
1 November
1964
12 September
1988
PAP Lee K. II
Lee K. III
Lee K. IV
Lee K. V
Lee K. VI
Lee K. VII
S. Jayakumar
MP for Bedok GRC & East Coast GRC
(born 1939)
12 September
1988
30 April
2008
PAP Lee K. VIII
Goh I
Goh II
Goh III
Goh IV
Lee H. I
Lee H. II
K. Shanmugam[4][5]
MP for Sembawang GRC & Nee Soon GRC
(born 1959)
1 May
2008
Incumbent PAP
Lee H. III
Lee H. IV
Lee H. V
Wong I

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Singapore Budget" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Barker's sworn in as Law Minister". The Straits Times. Singapore. 1 November 1964. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launches new E W Barker Centre for Law and Business at NUS". The Straits Times. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  4. ^ Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. ^ Mahmud, Aqil Haziq (25 July 2020). "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements". CNA. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.