First Lawrence Wong Cabinet

The First Cabinet of Lawrence Wong of the Government of Singapore was announced on 13 May 2024, and came into effect on 15 May 2024.^[1]

First Lawrence Wong Cabinet
18th Cabinet of Singapore
2024-2025
Date formed	15 May 2024
Date dissolved	23 May 2025
People and organisations
Head of state	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Deputy head of government	Gan Kim Yong Heng Swee Keat
No. of ministers	20
Member party	People's Action Party
Status in legislature	Supermajority 79 / 104
Opposition party	Workers' Party Progress Singapore Party
Opposition leader	Pritam Singh
History
Legislature term	14th
Predecessor	Fifth Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet
Successor	Second Lawrence Wong Cabinet

Changes

There are minimal changes to the Cabinet line-up following the swearing-in of Lawrence Wong as Prime Minister. Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister, while retaining his existing ministerial role.^[2]

Ministers	Appointment
Gan Kim Yong	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry

Composition

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.^[3]

Composition of the Cabinet^[4]

Portfolio	Minister	Portrait	Date
Prime Minister	Lawrence Wong		15 May 2024
Minister for Finance			15 May 2021
Deputy Prime Minister	Gan Kim Yong		15 May 2024
Minister for Trade and Industry			15 May 2021
Deputy Prime Minister	Heng Swee Keat		1 May 2019
Senior Minister	Lee Hsien Loong		15 May 2024
Senior Minister	Teo Chee Hean		1 May 2019
Coordinating Minister for National Security			1 October 2015
Minister for Defence	Ng Eng Hen		21 May 2011
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Vivian Balakrishnan		1 October 2015
Minister for Home Affairs	K. Shanmugam		1 October 2015
Minister for Law			1 May 2008
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment	Grace Fu Hai Yen		27 July 2020
Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations			18 January 2024
Minister for Education	Chan Chun Sing		15 May 2021
Minister for Social and Family Development	Masagos Zulkifli		27 July 2020
Second Minister of Health
Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs			1 May 2018
Minister for Health	Ong Ye Kung		15 May 2021
Minister for National Development	Desmond Lee		27 July 2020
Minister-in-charge of Social Service Integration
Minister for Digital Development and Information	Josephine Teo		15 May 2021
Second Minister for Home Affairs			11 September 2017
Minister-in-Charge of the Smart Nation Initiative			15 May 2021
Minister-in-Charge of Cybersecurity
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Indranee Thurai Rajah		1 May 2018
Second Minister for Finance
Second Minister for National Development			27 July 2020
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Maliki Osman		27 July 2020
Second Minister for Education
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth	Edwin Tong		27 July 2020
Second Minister of Law
Minister for Manpower	Tan See Leng		15 May 2021
Second Minister for Trade and Industry			27 July 2020
Minister for Transport	Chee Hong Tat		18 January 2024
Second Minister for Finance