Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

2nd Cabinet of Singapore
Date formed19 October 1963
Date dissolved15 April 1968
People and organisations
Head of stateYusof bin Ishak
Head of governmentLee Kuan Yew
Deputy head of governmentToh Chin Chye
Member partyPeople's Action Party
Status in legislatureSupermajority
37 / 51
(in 1963)
49 / 51
(from 1966)
Opposition cabinetNone
Opposition partyBarisan Sosialis
United People's Party (until 1965)
Opposition leaderLim Huan Boon (until 1965)
Chia Thye Poh (1966)
History
Election1963
Legislature terms3rd Legislative Assembly
1st Parliament
PredecessorFirst Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet
SuccessorThird Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

The Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet was the Cabinet of Singapore from 19 October 1963 to 15 April 1968.

The cabinet was formed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew after the People's Action Party won a supermajority of the seats in the Parliament of Singapore in the 1963 general election. It is the cabinet that governed Singapore when it was a state in Malaysia. It is also Singapore's first cabinet following its independence on 9 August 1965.

The cabinet was succeeded by the Third Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet.

Cabinet

The Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet consisted of the following members.[1][2][3]

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew 19 October 1963 15 April 1968
Deputy Prime Minister Toh Chin Chye 19 October 1963 15 April 1968
Minister for National Development Lim Kim San 19 October 1963 8 August 1965
Edmund W. Barker 9 August 1965 15 April 1968
Minister for Finance Goh Keng Swee 19 October 1963 8 August 1965
Lim Kim San 9 August 1965 16 August 1967
Goh Keng Swee 17 August 1967 15 April 1968
Minister for Home Affairs and Social Welfare Othman Wok 19 October 1963 27 November 1963
Minister for Labour Jek Yeun Thong 19 October 1963 15 April 1968
Minister for Health Yong Nyuk Lin 19 October 1963 15 April 1968
Minister of Education Ong Pang Boon 19 October 1963 15 April 1968
Minister for Culture S. Rajaratnam 19 October 1963 23 September 1965
Othman Wok 24 September 1965 15 April 1968
Minister for Social Affairs Othman Wok 27 November 1963 15 April 1968
Minister for Law Edmund W. Barker 1 November 1964 15 April 1968
Ministry for Foreign Affairs S. Rajaratnam 9 August 1965 15 April 1968
Ministry for the Interior and Defence Goh Keng Swee 9 August 1965 16 August 1967
Lim Kim San 16 August 1967 15 April 1968

Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries

The following were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries.[3]

Ministers of State

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Prime Minister's Department Ya'acob bin Mohamed 18 September 1965 15 April 1968
Education Abdul Rahim Ishak 18 September 1965 15 April 1968
Defence Wee Toon Boon 18 September 1965 15 April 1968
Culture Lee Khoon Choy 18 September 1965 15 April 1968

Parliamentary Secretaries

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Prime Minister's Department (Prime Minister) Ya'acob bin Mohamed 19 October 1963 17 September 1965
Prime Minister's Department (Deputy Prime Minister) Buang bin Omar Junid 19 October 1963 15 April 1968
National Development Ho Cheng Choon 19 October 1963 15 April 1968
Finance S. Ramaswamy 1 March 1966 15 April 1968
Social Affairs Chan Chee Seng 19 October 1963 15 April 1968
Labour Wee Toon Boon 19 October 1963 17 September 1965
Sia Kah Hui 1 February 1967 15 April 1968
Health Sia Kah Hui 19 October 1963 1 February 1967
Chor Yeok Eng 2 November 1966 15 April 1968
Education Abdul Rahim Ishak 19 October 1963 17 September 1965
Culture Fong Sip Chee 19 October 1963 15 April 1968
Lee Khoon Choy 12 July 1965 17 September 1965

References

  1. ^ "Singapore's Second Cabinet". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 October 1963. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Barker's sworn in as Law Minister". The Straits Times. Singapore. 1 November 1964. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b "LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore. Retrieved 25 July 2020.