First Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet

The First Cabinet of Lee Hsien Loong of the Government of Singapore was sworn into office on 12 Aug 2004.

First Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet
13th Cabinet of Singapore
2004—2006
Date formed	12 August 2004
Date dissolved	29 May 2006
People and organisations
Head of state	S. R. Nathan
Head of government	Lee Hsien Loong
Member party	People's Action Party
Status in legislature	Supermajority 82 / 94
Opposition party	Workers' Party
Opposition leader	Low Thia Khiang
History
Legislature term	10th Parliament of Singapore
Predecessor	Fourth Goh Chok Tong Cabinet
Successor	Second Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet

The swearing-in ceremony was held outdoors on the Istana grounds—instead of City Hall where his two predecessors Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong held their ceremonies— in order to accommodate 1,400 invited guests representing different demographics of the population.^[1] S. Jayakumar was elevated to Deputy Prime Minister, while Tony Tan retained his DPM position — a post he held since his return to Cabinet in 1995.^[2] Lee Hsien Loong retained his Finance Minister post held since 2001.^[2]

Lee's immediate predecessor, Goh Chok Tong, was named Senior Minister, and ranked second in order of precedence.^[2] Goh's predecessor, Lee Kuan Yew, who was the nation's first prime minister and Lee Hsien Loong's father, was subsequently named Minister Mentor.^[2]

Cabinet

The First Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet was composed of the following members.^[3]

Portfolio	Name	Term start	Term end
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Senior Minister	Goh Chok Tong	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister Mentor	Lee Kuan Yew	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Deputy Prime Minister	Tony Tan	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
	S. Jayakumar	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence	Tony Tan	12 August 2004	31 August 2005
Coordinating Minister for National Security	S. Jayakumar	1 September 2005	29 May 2006
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Lim Boon Heng	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
	Lim Swee Say	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
	Raymond Lim	1 April 2005	29 May 2006
Minister for Finance	Lee Hsien Loong	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Second Minister for Finance	Raymond Lim[a]	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister for Law	S. Jayakumar	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister for Home Affairs	Wong Kan Seng	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister for Transport	Yeo Cheow Tong	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister for Foreign Affairs	George Yeo	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts	Lee Boon Yang	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister for National Development	Mah Bow Tan	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Second Minister for National Development	Lim Swee Say	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister for Trade and Industry	Lim Hng Kiang	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister for Defence	Teo Chee Hean	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Second Minister for Defence	Ng Eng Hen	1 July 2005	29 May 2006
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources	Yaacob Ibrahim	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister for Health	Khaw Boon Wan	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister for Education	Tharman Shanmugaratnam	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Second Minister for Education	Ng Eng Hen	12 August 2004	30 June 2005
Minister for Manpower	Ng Eng Hen	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports	Vivian Balakrishnan[b]	12 August 2004	29 May 2006
Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs	Yaacob Ibrahim	12 August 2004	29 May 2006

Notes

1. In an acting capacity from 12 August 2004 until 31 March 2005.
2. In an acting capacity from 12 August 2004 until 31 March 2005.