Singapore’s Cabinet ministers and their portfolios

1. Lawrence Wong: Prime Minister and Minister for Finance
2. Lee Hsien Loong: Senior Minister
3. Gan Kim Yong: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Trade and Industry (Trade)
4. K Shanmugam: Senior Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs
5. Chan Chun Sing: Coordinating Minister for Public Services and Minister for Defence
6. Ong Ye Kung: Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health
7. Vivian Balakrishnan: Minister for Foreign Affairs
8. Grace Fu: Minister for Sustainability and the Environment
9. Masagos Zulkifli: Minister for Social and Family Development
10. Josephine Teo: Minister for Digital Development and Information
11. Desmond Lee: Minister for Education
12. Indranee Rajah: Minister, Prime Minister’s Office; Second Minister for Finance; Second Minister for National Development
13. Edwin Tong: Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs
14. Tan See Leng: Minister for Energy, Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry)
15. Chee Hong Tat: Minister for National Development
16. Ng Chee Meng: Minister, Prime Minister’s Office
17. Jeffrey Siow: Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Finance
18. David Neo: Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Education
19. Sim Ann: Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Second Minister for Home Affairs

Two further office-holders are in acting roles:

• Zaqy Mohamad: Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs
• Jasmin Lau: Acting Minister for Manpower

Notes

• Government: The Cabinet is led by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. It is responsible for all government policies and the day-to-day running of the state, and answers collectively to Parliament.
• How it is formed: The President appoints the Prime Minister, who is the MP commanding the confidence of the majority of MPs. On the Prime Minister’s advice, the President then appoints the other ministers from among the MPs.
• Current term: Wong led the People’s Action Party (PAP) to a landslide victory in the 3 May 2025 general election and unveiled his new Cabinet on 21 May 2025. The Cabinet was sworn in on 23 May 2025.
• Coordinating ministers: Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong and three Coordinating Ministers (Shanmugam, Chan Chun Sing and Ong Ye Kung) were appointed to assist Wong. Gan is the only Deputy Prime Minister.
• July 2026 reshuffle: Announced on 22 July 2026, with appointments effective 27 July. Jeffrey Siow, David Neo and Sim Ann were promoted to ministers. Shanmugam became Senior Minister, and Ng Chee Meng, the NTUC Secretary-General, became a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office. Tan See Leng moved from Manpower to Energy and Industry.
• Ministry renamed: The Ministry of Trade and Industry became the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry (METI) from 1 October. It is led by two ministers, Gan Kim Yong (trade) and Tan See Leng (energy and industry). The new name reflects the growing focus on energy.

• Senior leadership: Shanmugam and Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong are the two most experienced members of the Cabinet. Wong said the line-up balances continuity with a new generation.