Masagos Zulkifli | |
|---|---|
| ماسڬوس ذوالكفل | |
 Masagos in 2021 | |
| Vice-Chairman of the People's Action Party | |
| Assumed office 23 November 2018 | |
| Secretary-General | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Chairman | Gan Kim Yong (2018–2022) Heng Swee Keat (since 2022) |
| Minister for Social and Family Development | |
| Assumed office 27 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
| Preceded by | Desmond Lee |
| Second Minister for Health | |
| Assumed office 27 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
| Minister | Gan Kim Yong (until 2021) Ong Ye Kung (from 2021) |
| Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs | |
| Assumed office 1 May 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
| Preceded by | Yaacob Ibrahim |
| Minister for the Environment and Water Resources | |
| In office 1 October 2015 – 26 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Vivian Balakrishnan |
| Succeeded by | Grace Fu (as Minister for Sustainability and Environment) |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | |
| In office 9 April 2015 – 30 September 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Succeeded by | Josephine Teo Desmond Lee |
| Second Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 9 April 2015 – 30 September 2015 Serving with Grace Fu | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | K Shanmugam |
| Succeeded by | Josephine Teo |
| Second Minister for Home Affairs | |
| In office 9 April 2015 – 30 September 2015 Serving with S. Iswaran | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Teo Chee Hean |
| Preceded by | K. Shanmugam |
| Succeeded by | Desmond Lee (2017) |
| Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC (Tampines West) | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Yatiman Yusof (PAP) |
| Majority | 46,742 (32.82%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 April 1963[1][2] Colony of Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Alma mater | Nanyang Technological University National University of Singapore University of Southern California |
Masagos Zulkifli bin Masagos Mohamad (Jawi: ماسڬوس ذوالكفل; born 16 April 1963)[1][2] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been serving as Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health since 2020, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs and serves as the Vice Chairman in the party Central Executive Committee (CEC) since 2018 and had been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tampines West division of Tampines GRC since 2006.
Before joining politics, Masagos was an electrical engineer and had held key positions in Singtel. He made his debut in the political scene after winning the 2006 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Tampines GRC. Since then, he has won three subsequent elections and has held various positions in the ministries of Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Health. On 9 April 2015, Masagos was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. His appointment marked the first time in Singaporean history when there were two Malay ministers in the Cabinet. On 1 October 2015, Masagos took up the portfolio of Minister for Environment and Water Resources.
- ^ a b "PARL | MP". www.parliament.gov.sg.
- ^ a b "Parliament of Singapore : MP Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad's CV". Parliament of Singapore. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2024.