Indranee Rajah

Indranee Rajah
இந்திராணி ராஜா
Indranee in 2018
Leader of the House
Assumed office
24 August 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
DeputyZaqy Mohamad
Preceded byGrace Fu
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
Assumed office
1 May 2018
Serving with Ng Chee Meng (2018–2020)
Tan See Leng (2020–2021)
Maliki Osman (2020–present)
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
Preceded byChan Chun Sing
(2015–2018)
Josephine Teo
(2017–2018)
Second Minister for National Development
Assumed office
27 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
MinisterDesmond Lee
Preceded byDesmond Lee
Second Minister for Finance
Assumed office
1 May 2018
Serving with Lawrence Wong (2018–2021)
Chee Hong Tat (2024–present)
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
MinisterHeng Swee Keat
(2018–2021)
Lawrence Wong
(2021–present)
Second Minister for Education
In office
1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterOng Ye Kung
Preceded byNg Eng Hen (2005)
Succeeded byMaliki Osman
Second Minister for Law
In office
1 May 2018 – 30 June 2018
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterK. Shanmugam
Preceded byS. Jayakumar (1988)
Succeeded byEdwin Tong (2020)
Senior Minister of State for Finance
In office
1 October 2015 – 30 April 2018
Serving with Sim Ann (2015–2016)
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterHeng Swee Keat
Preceded byJosephine Teo
Succeeded byChee Hong Tat (2022)
Senior Minister of State for Law
In office
1 November 2012 – 30 April 2018
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byHo Peng Kee
Succeeded byEdwin Tong
Senior Minister of State for Education
In office
1 November 2012 – 30 September 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJanil Puthucheary (2017)
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
In office
8 November 2006 – 18 April 2011
Serving with Matthias Yao
SpeakerAbdullah Tarmugi
Preceded byS. Iswaran
Succeeded bySeah Kian Peng
Member of Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC
(Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru)
Assumed office
23 March 2015
Preceded byLee Kuan Yew
Majority32,470 (26.26%)
Member of Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC
(Tanglin–Cairnhill)
In office
4 November 2001 – 11 September 2015
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1963-04-12) 12 April 1963 (age 61)[1][2]
State of Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
EducationNational University of Singapore (LLB)

Indranee Thurai Rajah SC (Tamil: இந்திராணி ராஜா, romanized: Intirāṇi Rājā; born 12 April 1963)[1][2] is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance since 2018, Second Minister for National Development and Leader of the House since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2015.

Prior to entering politics, Indranee was a lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Drew & Napier. She was appointed Senior Counsel in January 2003.

Indranee made her political debut in the 2001 general election as part of a six-member PAP team contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC and won. She was subsequently elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tanglin–Cairnhill ward of Tanjong Pagar GRC.

After the death of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on 23 March 2015, Indranee served as the MP for the Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru ward concurrently until the 2015 general election as no by-elections were called due to it being a group representation constituency (GRC). Since then, Indranee has been representing the Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru ward of Tanjong Pagar GRC.

  1. ^ a b "PARL | MP". www.parliament.gov.sg.
  2. ^ a b "Parliament of Singapore : MP Indranee Rajah's CV". Parliament of Singapore. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2024.