Desmond Lee (Singaporean politician)

The Honourable Desmond Lee
李智陞
Lee in 2017
Minister for National Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 July 2020
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Second Minister	Indranee Rajah
Preceded by	Lawrence Wong
Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 July 2020
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong
Preceded by	Office established
Minister for Social and Family Development
In office 11 September 2017 – 26 July 2020
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded by	Tan Chuan-Jin
Succeeded by	Masagos Zulkifli
Cabinet-level offices Minister in the Prime Minister's Office In office 1 May 2017 – 10 September 2017 Serving with Josephine Teo and Chan Chun Sing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Second Minister for National Development In office 1 May 2017 – 26 July 2020 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Minister Lawrence Wong Preceded by Lim Swee Say Succeeded by Indranee Rajah Second Minister for Home Affairs In office 1 May 2017 – 10 September 2017 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Minister K. Shanmugam Preceded by S. Iswaran (2015) Masagos Zulkifli (2015) Succeeded by Josephine Teo
Junior ministerial offices Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs In office 1 October 2015 – 30 April 2017 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Minister K. Shanmugam Senior Minister of State for National Development In office 1 October 2015 – 30 April 2017 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Minister Lawrence Wong Minister of State for National Development In office 1 September 2013 – 30 September 2015 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Minister Khaw Boon Wan
Parliamentary offices Member of Parliament for West Coast GRC (Boon Lay) Incumbent Assumed office 10 July 2020 Preceded by Patrick Tay (PAP) Majority 4,662 (3.36%) Deputy Leader of the House In office 1 October 2015 – 23 June 2020 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Leader Grace Fu Preceded by Heng Chee How Succeeded by Zaqy Mohamad Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC (Jurong Spring) In office 7 May 2011 – 23 June 2020 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Shawn Huang Wei Zhong (PAP)
Personal details
Born	(1976-07-15) 15 July 1976 (age 48) Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Children	3
Parent	Lee Yock Suan (father)
Alma mater	National University of Singapore (LLB) University of Oxford (BCL)
Occupation	Politician

Desmond Lee Ti-Seng (Chinese: 李智陞; pinyin: Lǐ Zhìshēng; born 15 July 1976) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Minister for National Development and Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration^[1] since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Boon Lay division of West Coast GRC since 2020.

A lawyer by profession, Lee had worked at various public-sector institutions, including the Supreme Court, Attorney-General's Chambers and Temasek Holdings before entering politics. He made his political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC and won with 66.96% of the vote. He had held various political positions in the Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Home Affairs before he was made full member of the Cabinet on 1 May 2017. He forms part of the new Cabinet selected by Lawrence Wong announced in May 2024.^[2]