http://www.pmo.gov.sg/content/dam/pmosite/mediacentre/pressreleases/2011/May/Annex%20A%20-%20Letter%20to%20President_FINAL.pdfANNEX A
18 May 2011
Mr S R Nathan
President
CABINET AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS
1. The Swearing-in Ceremony for the Cabinet and other office-holders
will take place on 21 May 2011, 7:30 pm at the Istana.
2. Upon my formal appointment as Prime Minister, I will advise, in
accordance with Article 25(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of
Singapore, that the following Members of Parliament be appointed as
Ministers with effect from 21 May 2011. They are to be designated as
follows:
Ministers
Mr Teo Chee Hean - Deputy Prime Minister &
Coordinating Minister for National Security &
Minister for Home Affairs
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam - Deputy Prime Minister &
Minister for Finance &
Minister for Manpower
Mr Lim Hng Kiang - Minister for Trade and Industry
Mr Lim Swee Say - Minister, Prime Minister’s Office
Assoc Prof Yaacob Ibrahim - Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts
Mr Khaw Boon Wan - Minister for National Development
Dr Ng Eng Hen - Minister for Defence
Dr Vivian Balakrishnan - Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
Mr K Shanmugam - Minister for Foreign Affairs &
Minister for Law
Mr Gan Kim Yong - Minister for Health
Mr Lui Tuck Yew - Minister for Transport &
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mr S Iswaran - Minister, Prime Minister’s Office &
Second Minister for Home Affairs &
Second Minister for Trade and Industry
Mr Heng Swee Keat - Minister for Education
MG(NS) Chan Chun Sing - Ag Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports &
Minister of State, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts
3. I also intend to advise you that the following Members of Parliament
be appointed as Ministers of State, with effect from 21 May 2011:
Senior Ministers of State
Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien - Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts &
Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
Mr Heng Chee How - Prime Minister’s Office
Ministers of State
Mr Lee Yi Shyan - Ministry of Trade and Industry &
Ministry of National Development
Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan - Ministry of Health
Mr Masagos Zulkifli - Ministry of Home Affairs &
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr Teo Ser Luck - Ministry of Trade and Industry
Mdm Halimah Yacob - Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports
Mrs Josephine Teo - Ministry of Finance &
Ministry of Transport
Mr Lawrence Wong - Ministry of Defence &
Ministry of Education
BG(NS) Tan Chuan-Jin - Ministry of National Development &
Ministry of Manpower
4. Finally, I intend to advise you, in accordance with Article 31(1) of the
Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, that the following Members of
Parliament be appointed as Parliamentary Secretaries with effect from 21
May 2011:
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
Mr Hawazi Daipi - Ministry of Education &
Ministry of Manpower
Dr Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman - Ministry of Defence &
Ministry of National Development
Mr Sam Tan - Ministry of Foreign Affairs &
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports
Ms Sim Ann - Ministry of Education &
Ministry of Law
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