First 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]

First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet
9th Cabinet of Singapore
Date formed	28 November 1990
Date dissolved	31 August 1991
People and organisations
Head of state	Wee Kim Wee
Head of government	Goh Chok Tong
Deputy head of government	Lee Hsien Loong Ong Teng Cheong
Member party	People's Action Party
Status in legislature	Supermajority 80 / 84
Opposition party	Worker's Party (WP) Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)
Opposition leader	Chiam See Tong (SDP)
History
Legislature term	7th Parliament of Singapore
Predecessor	Eighth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet
Successor	Second Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

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. 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