Fourth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet

Fourth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet

16th Cabinet of Singapore
2015-2020
Date formed1 October 2015
Date dissolved26 July 2020
People and organisations
Head of stateTony Tan
(1 October 2015 – 31 August 2017)
Halimah Yacob
(since 14 September 2017)
Head of governmentLee Hsien Loong
Deputy head of governmentTeo Chee Hean &
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
(1 October 2015 – 30 April 2019)
Heng Swee Keat
(since 1 May 2019)
Member partyPeople's Action Party
Status in legislatureSupermajority
83 / 100
Opposition partyWorkers' Party
Opposition leaderLow Thia Khiang
(1 October 2015 – 7 April 2018)
Pritam Singh
(since 8 April 2018)
History
Election11 September 2015
Legislature term13th
PredecessorThird Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet
SuccessorFifth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet

The Fourth Cabinet of Lee Hsien Loong of the Government of Singapore was announced on 28 September 2015[1] following the 2015 general election on 11 September, and came into effect on 1 October 2015. The day after the election, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told the media that he would form the Cabinet within two weeks.[2]

There are seven new office holders, five of whom are newly elected MPs:[3]

Minister Ministry
Ong Ye Kung Ministry of Education
Ng Chee Meng Ministry of Education
Chee Hong Tat Minister of State for Health and Information and Communication
Koh Poh Koon Minister of State for Trade Industry and National Development
Janil Puthucheary Minister of State for Education and Communication and Information
Baey Yam Keng
马炎庆
Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Amrin Amin
امرين أمين
Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Home Affairs and Health

In addition, there are three outgoing office-holders: Lui Tuck Yew, Hawazi Daipi, and Lee Yi Shyan. Lui Tuck Yew and Hawazi Daipi had both asked to retire before the 2015 general election while Lee Yi Shyan had asked to step down and return to the backbenches.[3]

  1. ^ Joy Fang (28 September 2015). "PM Lee Hsien Loong reveals new Cabinet line-up". Today. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015.
  2. ^ "PM Lee Hsien Loong says he will form new Cabinet over the next two weeks". The Straits Times. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Transcript of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's Statement at the Press Conference on the new Cabinet Line-Up on 28 September 2015". Prime Minister's Office. 29 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015.