The latest Dr , 57 Mr , 48 Mr , 45 Ms , 54 Mr , 56 Mr , 57 Ms , 55 Mr S. Iswaran, 55 Dr , 45 Dr , 46 Cabinet Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Trade and Industry of State for Trade Minister for Culture, Community Senior Minister of State for Defence Minister for Finance Minister in the Prime Minister’s Ofce Minister for Communications and Senior Minister of State in Transport and Senior Minister of State for Trade and • Joined politics in 2001. • Joined politics in 2011. Immediately and Industry and Education and Youth • Joined politics in 2001. Contested in • Joined politics in 2011. Appointed a full • Joined politics in 2001. Information Communications and Information Industry SMC in the 1997 General reshuf e puts • An MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. made Acting Minister for Community • Joined politics in 2015. Singled out • Joined politics in 2006. Made minister shortly after. • An MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC. • Joined politics in 1997. • Joined politics in 2011. • Joined politics in 2015. Fielded in the Development, Youth and Sports. as potential minister due to track history in 2015 – as the rst woman Election, but lost to the Workers’ Punggol East by-election in 2013, but lost. • The former eye surgeon is also Party’s Mr . • Identi ed as one of three front runners to • Left high-ying career as senior counsel at • An MP for West Coast GRC. • An MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC. ’s • An MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC. record in civil service spanning to helm a ministry as full minister, be the next prime minister. • An MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC Minister-in-charge of the Smart • An MP for Jalan Besar GRC. Drew & Napier for the Government in 2012. • Remains in Ministry of Trade and Industry • Also oversees GovTech as part of • Takes over responsibility for the various ministries. and rst woman to be made House Nation initiative. • An MP for Tampines GRC. • Was appointed Senior Minister of State for as Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations. Singapore’s push. • Made Senior Minister of State for Trade fourth- Public Service Division from Deputy • An MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. Leader, responsible for arranging • Made Minister of State in 2004 and • Previous portfolios include • Takes over responsibility for National Finance and Law. Worked on legal reforms • Was a Deputy Speaker. Appointed Minister • Chairs the People’s Action Party’s youth and Industry and National Development last Prime Minister . government business in Parliament. promoted to Senior Minister of State Environment and Water Resources, • In Parliament, has been forceful in in 2011. Portfolios held include Trade Research Foundation from Deputy Prime that help divorcing couples disentangle their of State for Trade and Industry in July 2006. wing Young PAP. Also chairman of May. generation • Viewed as one of the three front calling out the opposition, such as • An MP for Yuhua SMC. Community Development, Youth and and Industry, National Development, Minister Teo Chee Hean. lives as painlessly as possible and minimise • As Minister for Trade and Industry OnePeople.sg, which promotes racial • At the Ministry of Trade and Industry, he Sports, and Trade and Industry. runners to be Singapore’s next prime when he called Workers’ Party MP • As Minister for Culture, Community Health and Prime Minister’s Of ce. adverse impact on their children. harmony. focused on research and development, as ministers in minister. ’s “test balloon” comment and Youth, navigated some • Championed “every school as good school” (Industry), spearheaded merger of • Served as chairman of the • The former police superintendent well as entrepreneurship. on the GST hike false and vicious. contentious issues, including the as Education Minister. • Key role in working with Finance Minister International Enterprise Singapore and • Was previously a paediatrician at KK Remaking Singapore Committee and • Former army chief. left the police force in 1995 and has more positions disparity in rewards for the • The Cambridge University economics Heng Swee Keat in formulating the national Spring Singapore into Enterprise Singapore. Women’s and Children’s Hospital. • A colorectal surgeon by training, he the National Youth Council in the • Became labour chief three years • Studied electrical engineering, been with the labour movement since. able-bodied and disabled. graduate was principal private secretary to Budget. • An economics graduate from the University • Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of graduated from the National University of of responsibility. early part of his political career. ago and earned a reputation for computer science and economics at He is deputy secretary-general of the Singapore. UC Berkeley. • Graduated in accountancy from the then Senior Minister . • Graduated in law from the National of Adelaide. the Queen’s University of Belfast. • A President’s Scholar who studied being a strong advocate for workers. NTUC. National University of Singapore. University of Singapore. Here is a look at medicine at the National University • A President’s Scholar, studied • Studied economics at Cambridge the emerging of Singapore. economics at Cambridge University. University. leadership (in alphabetical order, L-R)

Dr , 48 Mr Desmond Lee, 41 Dr Mohamad , 52 Mr Masagos Zulki i, 55 Mr , 49 Mr , 48 Ms , 43 Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, 49 Ms , 49 Mr , 48 Mr , 45 Senior Minister of State for Health Minister for Social and Family Senior Minister of State for Minister for the Environment and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Minister for Education Senior Minister of State in Speaker of Parliament Minister for Manpower Senior Minister of State for Law Minister for National Development and Transport Development Defence and Foreign Affairs Water Resources Ofce • Joined politics in 2015; Part of PAP Communications and Information and • Joined politics in 2011. • Joined politics in 2006. • Joined politics in 2011. • Joined politics in 2011 • Joined politics in 2011. The team in Aljunied GRC that lost to the Culture, Community and Youth • Joined politics in 2006. • Joined politics in 2001. • Joined politics in 2006. • Joined politics in 2015. • An MP for Marine Parade GRC. • An MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. • An MP for Marine Parade GRC. • An MP for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC. youngest to have ever helmed a Workers’ Party in 2011. • Joined politics in 2011. Was a civil servant • An MP for West, a ministry. • An MP for East Coast GRC. • An MP for Tampines GRC. • An MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC. • Mr Tan’s departure from the Cabinet last • Most recently took on roles as Second • Member of the Select Committee set up to • In his years as National Development single-member ward. • An MP for Sembawang GRC. before that. An MP for Jurong GRC. • Has been mayor of South East • Takes over portfolio of Muslim • Former chief of defence force year, to be appointed Speaker of Parliament, Minister for Home Affairs and Manpower. look into the problem of deliberate online Minister, has focused on helping young • • Appointed Acting Minister for • An MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. • Appointed Minister of State in 2014 • Became Minister for Social and District since 2011, and Minister of Affairs from outgoing Minister Yaacob • Recently named NTUC deputy Education (Higher Education and surprised many. He remains in the 4G group Also dealt with the hot-button topics of falsehoods in Singapore and how to counter couples get homes more quickly, including and promoted to Senior Minister of Family Development last September, State since 2013. Ibrahim. secretary-general and expected to Skills) after being elected and tasked • As Senior Minister of State for Culture, that will pick the next PM from among them. immigration and a dwindling total fertility them. shorter waiting times for new Build-To-Order State in 2017. overseeing policy changes, including • The former assistant professor has • Fronted policies such as move to be the next labour chief. to implement SkillsFuture. Community and Youth, as well as for Trade • As Social and Family Development Minister, rate when she oversaw the National • The senior counsel will leave law rm Allen ats. Also oversees the development of the and Industry, oversees heritage and helps Population and Talent Division. new Jurong Lake District. • The ophthalmologist is trained as an a pay hike for social service workers. been a passionate champion of reduce carbon emissions through a • Was former principal private achievements include introducing KidStart & Gledhill, where he heads its litigation and • Took charge of schools in the SMEs expand overseas. aviation medicine specialist and • The son of former Cabinet minister social work since joining politics and carbon tax and a hike in water prices. Ministry of Education and oversaw secretary to Prime Minister Lee to level the playing eld for disadvantaged • As a former assistant secretary-general of dispute resolution department as well as its • Was previously Minister for Community, served with the Republic of Singapore was a deputy public also worked on the redevelopment of • Graduated in electrical engineering revamp of the Primary School Hsien Loong. • Also acts as Deputy Government Whip, children and pushing for unwed mothers to the National Trades Union Congress, she is restructuring and insolvency practice, to Culture and Youth. Air Force from 1995 to 2003. prosecutor and state counsel before Wisma Geylang Serai from the National University of Leaving Examination scoring system. • Widely seen as one of three front helping to ensure smooth running of People’s get 16 weeks of paid maternity leave. Was familiar with labour issues. Have also headed take up his political appointment. • Was former principal private secretary to • Studied medicine at the National politics. • Studied social work at the National Singapore. runners to be next prime minister. Action Party’s parliamentary machinery. Manpower Minister before that. human resources at agencies such as the • Studied law at the National University of Prime Minister . • Graduated in electrical engineering Economic Development Board. University of Singapore. • Studied law at the National University of Singapore. from United States Air Force • Economics degree from London • A President’s Scholar who studied politics, • The economics graduate from the London Singapore. • Studied economics at the University of University of Singapore and Academy. School of Economics and Political philosophy and economics at the University School of Economics served in the • Graduated in economics from the National Wisconsin-Madison. University of Oxford. Science. of Oxford. for nearly 24 years. University of Singapore.