Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet | |
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![]() 2nd Cabinet of Singapore | |
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Date formed | 19 October 1963 |
Date dissolved | 15 April 1968 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Yusof bin Ishak |
Head of government | Lee Kuan Yew |
Deputy head of government | Toh Chin Chye |
Member party | People's Action Party |
Status in legislature | Supermajority 37 / 51 (in 1963)49 / 51 (from 1966) |
Opposition cabinet | None |
Opposition party | Barisan Sosialis United People's Party (until 1965) |
Opposition leader | Lim Huan Boon (until 1965) Chia Thye Poh (1966) |
History | |
Election | 1963 |
Legislature terms | 3rd Legislative Assembly 1st Parliament |
Predecessor | First Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet |
Successor | Third Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet |
The Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet was the Cabinet of Singapore from 19 October 1963 to 15 April 1968.
The cabinet was formed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew after the People's Action Party won a supermajority of the seats in the Parliament of Singapore in the 1963 general election. It is the cabinet that governed Singapore when it was a state in Malaysia. It is also Singapore's first cabinet following its independence on 9 August 1965.
The cabinet was succeeded by the Third Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet.