Desmond Lee (Singaporean politician)

Desmond Lee
李智陞
Lee in 2017
Minister for National Development
Assumed office
27 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
Second MinisterIndranee Rajah
Preceded byLawrence Wong
Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration
Assumed office
27 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
Preceded byOffice established
Minister for Social and Family Development
In office
11 September 2017 – 26 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byTan Chuan-Jin
Succeeded byMasagos 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 MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Second Minister for National Development
In office
1 May 2017 – 26 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterLawrence Wong
Preceded byLim Swee Say
Succeeded byIndranee Rajah
Second Minister for Home Affairs
In office
1 May 2017 – 10 September 2017
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterK. Shanmugam
Preceded byS. Iswaran (2015)
Masagos Zulkifli (2015)
Succeeded byJosephine Teo
Junior ministerial offices
Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office
1 October 2015 – 30 April 2017
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterK. Shanmugam
Senior Minister of State for National Development
In office
1 October 2015 – 30 April 2017
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterLawrence Wong
Minister of State for National Development
In office
1 September 2013 – 30 September 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterKhaw Boon Wan
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament
for West Coast GRC
(Boon Lay)
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byPatrick Tay (PAP)
Majority4,662 (3.36%)
Deputy Leader of the House
In office
1 October 2015 – 23 June 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
LeaderGrace Fu
Preceded byHeng Chee How
Succeeded byZaqy Mohamad
Member of Parliament
for Jurong GRC
(Jurong Spring)
In office
7 May 2011 – 23 June 2020
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byShawn Huang Wei Zhong (PAP)
Personal details
Born (1976-07-15) 15 July 1976 (age 48)
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Children3
ParentLee Yock Suan (father)
Alma materNational University of Singapore (LLB)
University of Oxford (BCL)
OccupationPolitician

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]

  1. ^ "Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (July 2020)". Prime Minister's Office, 25 July 2020.
  2. ^ anthony_chia (2024-05-14). "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (May 2024)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Retrieved 2024-05-19.