First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

9th Cabinet of Singapore
Date formed28 November 1990
Date dissolved31 August 1991
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 legislatureSupermajority
80 / 84
Opposition partyWorker's Party (WP)
Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)
Opposition leaderChiam See Tong (SDP)
History
Legislature term(s)7th Parliament of Singapore
PredecessorEighth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet
SuccessorSecond Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

The first Goh Chok Tong Cabinet was formed after then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was sworn in after the previous Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, stepped down and handed over prime ministership to Goh on 28 November 1990.[1][2]

Cabinet

The First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet consisted of the following members.[3]

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
First Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Second Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lee Boon Yang 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Minister for Defence Goh Chok Tong 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Yeo Ning Hong 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Second Minister for Defence Yeo Ning Hong 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Lee Boon Yang 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Minister for Trade and Industry Lee Hsien Loong 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Minister for Foreign Affairs Wong Kan Seng 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Minister for Community Development Wong Kan Seng 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Seet Ai Mee[a] 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Minister for Home Affairs S. Jayakumar 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Minister for Law S. Jayakumar 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Minister for Finance Richard Hu 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Minister for Labour Lee Yock Suan 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Minister for National Development S. Dhanabalan 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Minister for Health Yeo Cheow Tong 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Ministry for the Environment Ahmad Mattar 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Minister for Education Tony Tan 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo[b] 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Minister for Communications Yeo Ning Hong 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Mah Bow Tan[a] 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Ahmad Mattar 28 November 1990 31 August 1991

Notes

  1. ^ a b In an acting capacity.
  2. ^ In an acting capacity from 28 November 1990 until 30 June 1991.

Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries

The following were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries.[3]

Senior Ministers of State

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Defence Lee Boon Yang 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Education Tay Eng Soon 28 November 1990 31 August 1991

Ministers of State

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Trade and Industry Mah Bow Tan 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Community Development Seet Ai Mee 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Ch'ng Jit Koon 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Home Affairs Peter Sung 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
National Development Peter Sung 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Health Aline Wong 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Education Seet Ai Mee 28 November 1990 30 June 1991
Sidek Saniff 1 July 1991 31 August 1991
Communications Mah Bow Tan 28 November 1990 30 June 1991

Senior Parliamentary Secretaries

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
National Development Lee Yiok Seng 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Information and the Arts Ho Kah Leong 28 November 1990 31 August 1991

Parliamentary Secretaries

Portfolio Name Term start Term end
Home Affairs Tang Guan Seng 28 November 1990 31 August 1991
Education Tang Guan Seng 28 November 1990 31 August 1991

References

  1. ^ Lee Kuan Yew (2000). From Third World to First. New York: HarperCollins. p. 672. ISBN 978-0-06-019776-6.
  2. ^ "Goh's chaired his first Cabinet meeting". BookSG. Singapore. 1990. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b "SEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore.
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