First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

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First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

8th Cabinet of Singapore
Date formed28 November 1990
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 legislatureMajority
Opposition partyWorkers' Party of Singapore

The Goh Cabinet was formed after then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was sworn in.

Initial composition

Portfolio Minister
Prime Minister
Minister for Defence
Goh Chok Tong
Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Trade and Industry
Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Minister for Community Development
Wong Kan Seng
Minister for Home Affairs
Minister for Law
S. Jayakumar
Minister for Finance Richard Hu Tsu Tau
Minister for Labour Lee Yock Suan
Minister for National Development S. Dhanabalan
Minister for Health Yeo Cheow Tong
Minister for Environment
Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs
Ahmad Mattar
Minister for Education Tony Tan
Acting Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo
Minister for Communications
Second Minister for Defence
Yeo Ning Hong
Second Minister for Defence Lee Boon Yang

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

References

  1. ^ "Goh's chaired his first Cabinet meeting". BookSG. Singapore. 1990. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)