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Eighth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

8th Cabinet of Singapore
Date formed9 January 1989
Date dissolved31 August 1991
People and organisations
Head of stateWee Kim Wee
Head of governmentLee Kuan Yew
Deputy head of governmentGoh Chok Tong
Ong Teng Cheong
Member partyPeople's Action Party
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partySingapore Democratic Party
History
PredecessorSeventh Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet
SuccessorFirst Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

The Eighth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet is the eighth Cabinet of Singapore formed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. It was formed in 1989 after the 1988 Singaporean general election.

Initial composition

1988-1990
Portfolio Minister
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
Deputy Prime Minister(Singapore) Goh Chok Tong
Deputy Prime Minister(Singapore) Ong Teng Cheong
Minister of Law
Minister of Home Affairs
S.Jayakumar
Minister of National Development
Minister of Foreign Affairs
S. Dhanabalan
Minister for Community Development Wong Kan Seng
Minister for Finance Richard Hu Tsu Tau
Minister of Education Tony Tan
Minister for Environment and Water Resources Ahmad Mattar
Minister of Communications and Information
Second Minister for Defence
Yeo Ning Hong
Minister for Manpower Lee Yock Suan
Minister for Trade and Industry
Second Minister for Defence
Lee Hsien Loong
Acting Minister for Health
Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Yeo Cheow Tong

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons

References