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Senior Minister of Singapore is a position in the Cabinet of Singapore. Holders of this office have previously served as either the prime minister or the deputy prime minister . Among the executive branch officeholders in the order of precedence , the position ranks after the prime minister and the deputy prime minister.
The First Lawrence Wong Cabinet is composed of the following members. On 16 April 2024, then Prime Minister-designate Lawrence Wong announced that then outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong would assume the office of Senior Minister and stay on in his cabinet after stepping down as the Prime Minister on 15 May 2024.
The member of the Cabinet heading the ministry is known as the minister, who is supported by a junior minister known as minister of state in Singapore. The administrative management of the ministry is led by a senior civil servant known as permanent secretary.
Wong was the co-chair of a multi-ministerial committee set up by the government in January 2020 to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. [3] As Minister for Finance, he has overseen the gradual increase in Goods and Services Tax (GST) which Lee's government has advocated for – 8% in 2023 and 9% in 2024, up from 7% which had been set ...
Tharman was subsequently appointed Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Senior Minister of State for Education. He was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister for Education in 2003 and served in this role until 2008.
Senior Minister of State for National Development and Foreign Affairs: Sim Ann 沈颖: 27 July 2020 and 15 May 2021 Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Defence: Zaqy Mohamad زقي محمد: 27 July 2020 Senior Minister of State for National Development and Communications and Information: Tan Kiat How 陈杰豪: 13 June 2022
Desmond Tan Kok Ming (Chinese: 陈国明; pinyin: Chén Guómíng; born 13 September 1970) [1] is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former brigadier-general who has been serving as Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office since 2024 and Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trade Union Congress since 2022.
Sim Ann (Chinese: 沈颖; pinyin: Shěn Yǐng; born 12 March 1975) is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for National Development since 2020 and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 2021.