Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

The Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet was the Cabinet of Singapore from 19 October 1963 to 15 April 1968.

Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet
2nd Cabinet of Singapore
Date formed	19 October 1963
Date dissolved	15 April 1968
People and organisations
Head of state	Yusof bin Ishak
Head of government	Lee Kuan Yew
Deputy head of government	Toh Chin Chye
Member party	People's Action Party
Status in legislature	Supermajority 37 / 51 (in 1963) 49 / 51 (from 1966)
Opposition cabinet	None
Opposition party	Barisan Sosialis United People's Party (until 1965)
Opposition leader	Lim Huan Boon (until 1965) Chia Thye Poh (1966)
History
Election	1963
Legislature terms	3rd Legislative Assembly 1st Parliament
Predecessor	First Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet
Successor	Third Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

The cabinet was formed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew after the People's Action Party won a supermajority of the seats in the Parliament of Singapore in the 1963 general election. It is the cabinet that governed Singapore when it was a state in Malaysia. It is also Singapore's first cabinet following its independence on 9 August 1965.

The cabinet was succeeded by the Third Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet.

Cabinet

The Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet consisted of the following members.^[1][2][3]

Portfolio	Name	Term start	Term end
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew	19 October 1963	15 April 1968
Deputy Prime Minister	Toh Chin Chye	19 October 1963	15 April 1968
Minister for National Development	Lim Kim San	19 October 1963	8 August 1965
	E. W. Barker	9 August 1965	15 April 1968
Minister for Finance	Goh Keng Swee	19 October 1963	8 August 1965
	Lim Kim San	9 August 1965	16 August 1967
	Goh Keng Swee	17 August 1967	15 April 1968
Minister for Home Affairs and Social Welfare	Othman Wok	19 October 1963	27 November 1963
Minister for Labour	Jek Yeun Thong	19 October 1963	15 April 1968
Minister for Health	Yong Nyuk Lin	19 October 1963	15 April 1968
Minister of Education	Ong Pang Boon	19 October 1963	15 April 1968
Minister for Culture	S. Rajaratnam	19 October 1963	23 September 1965
	Othman Wok	24 September 1965	15 April 1968
Minister for Social Affairs	Othman Wok	27 November 1963	15 April 1968
Minister for Law	E. W. Barker	1 November 1964	15 April 1968
Ministry for Foreign Affairs	S. Rajaratnam	9 August 1965	15 April 1968
Ministry for the Interior and Defence	Goh Keng Swee	9 August 1965	16 August 1967
	Lim Kim San	16 August 1967	15 April 1968

Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries

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

Ministers of State

Portfolio	Name	Term start	Term end
Prime Minister's Department	Ya'acob bin Mohamed	18 September 1965	15 April 1968
Education	Abdul Rahim Ishak	18 September 1965	15 April 1968
Defence	Wee Toon Boon	18 September 1965	15 April 1968
Culture	Lee Khoon Choy	18 September 1965	15 April 1968

Parliamentary Secretaries

Portfolio	Name	Term start	Term end
Prime Minister's Department (Prime Minister)	Ya'acob bin Mohamed	19 October 1963	17 September 1965
Prime Minister's Department (Deputy Prime Minister)	Buang bin Omar Junid	19 October 1963	15 April 1968
National Development	Ho Cheng Choon	19 October 1963	15 April 1968
Finance	S. Ramaswamy	1 March 1966	15 April 1968
Social Affairs	Chan Chee Seng	19 October 1963	15 April 1968
Labour	Wee Toon Boon	19 October 1963	17 September 1965
	Sia Kah Hui	1 February 1967	15 April 1968
Health	Sia Kah Hui	19 October 1963	1 February 1967
	Chor Yeok Eng	2 November 1966	15 April 1968
Education	Abdul Rahim Ishak	19 October 1963	17 September 1965
Culture	Fong Sip Chee	19 October 1963	15 April 1968
	Lee Khoon Choy	12 July 1965	17 September 1965