First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

The first Goh Chok Tong Cabinet was formed after then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was sworn in after the previous Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, stepped down and handed over prime ministership to Goh on 28 November 1990.[1][2]

First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

9th Cabinet of Singapore
Date formed28 November 1990
Date dissolved31 August 1991
People and organisations
Head of stateWee Kim Wee
Head of governmentGoh Chok Tong
Deputy head of governmentLee Hsien Loong
Ong Teng Cheong
Member partyPeople's Action Party
Status in legislatureSupermajority
Opposition partyWorkers' Party of Singapore
Singapore Democratic Party
Opposition leaderChiam See Tong
History
Legislature term(s)7th Parliament of Singapore
PredecessorEighth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet
SuccessorSecond Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

Composition

Ministers

Portfolio Name Political party Term start Term end
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Minister Lee Boon Yang People's Action Party 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Ministry of Defence
Minister for Defence Goh Chok Tong People's Action Party 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Yeo Ning Hong People's Action Party 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Second Minister for Defence Yeo Ning Hong People's Action Party 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Lee Boon Yang People's Action Party 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Minister of Trade and Industry Lee Hsien Loong People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister for Foreign Affairs Wong Kan Seng People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo People's Action Party 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Ministry of Community Development
Minister for Community Development Wong Kan Seng People's Action Party 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Seet Ai Mee (acting) People's Action Party 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Ministry of Home Affairs
Minister for Home Affairs S. Jayakumar People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Law
Minister for Law S. Jayakumar People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Finance
Minister for Finance Richard Hu Tsu Tau People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Labour
Minister for Labour Lee Yock Suan People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of National Development
Minister for National Development S. Dhanabalan People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Health
Minister for Health Yeo Cheow Tong People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of the Environment
Minister for Environment Ahmad Mattar People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Education
Minister for Education Tony Tan People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Information and the Arts
Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo (acting) People's Action Party 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
George Yeo People's Action Party 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Ministry of Communications
Minister for Communications Yeo Ning Hong People's Action Party 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Mah Bow Tan (acting) People's Action Party 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs
Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Ahmad Mattar People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Source: [3]

Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries

Portfolio Name Political party Term start Term end
Ministry of Defence Senior Minister of State Lee Boon Yang People's Action Party 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Ministry of Trade and Industry Minister of State Mah Bow Tan People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Community Development Minister of State Seet Ai Mee People's Action Party 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Ch'ng Jit Koon People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Home Affairs Minister of State Peter Sung People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Parliamentary Secretary Tang Guan Seng People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of National Development Minister of State Peter Sung People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Senior Parliamentary Secretary Lee Yiok Seng People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Health Minister of State Aline Wong People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Education Senior Minister of State Tay Eng Soon People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Minister of State Seet Ai Mee People's Action Party 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Sidek bin Saniff People's Action Party 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Parliamentary Secretary Tang Guan Seng People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Information and the Arts Senior Parliamentary Secretary Ho Kah Leong People's Action Party 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry of Communications Minister of State Mah Bow Tan People's Action Party 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Source: [3]

References

  1. Lee Kuan Yew (2000). From Third World to First. New York: HarperCollins. p. 672. ISBN 978-0-06-019776-6.
  2. "Goh's chaired his first Cabinet meeting". BookSG. Singapore. 1990. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. "SEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore.

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