Third Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

The Third Goh Chok Tong Cabinet is the Cabinet of Singapore formed by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong following the 1997 general election which governed the country until prior to the 2001 general election.

Third Goh Chok Tong Cabinet
11th Cabinet of Singapore
Date formed	25 January 1997
Date dissolved	22 November 2001
People and organisations
Head of state	Ong Teng Cheong (until 1999) S. R. Nathan (from 1999)
Head of government	Goh Chok Tong
Deputy head of government	Lee Hsien Loong Tony Tan
Member party	People's Action Party
Status in legislature	Supermajority 81 / 93
Opposition party	Worker's Party Singapore People's Party
Opposition leader	Chiam See Tong
History
Election	1997
Legislature term	9th Parliament of Singapore
Predecessor	Second Goh Chok Tong Cabinet
Successor	Fourth Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

Cabinet

The Third Goh Chok Tong Cabinet is composed of the following members.^[1]

Portfolio	Name	Term start	Term end
Prime Minister	Goh Chok Tong	25 January 1997	22 November 2001
Senior Minister	Lee Kuan Yew	25 January 1997	22 November 2001
Deputy Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong	25 January 1997	22 November 2001
Deputy Prime Minister	Tony Tan	25 January 1997	22 November 2001
Minister for Defence	Tony Tan	25 January 1997	22 November 2001
Second Minister for Defence	Teo Chee Hean	25 January 1997	22 November 2001
Minister for Law	S. Jayakumar	25 January 1997	22 November 2001
Minister for Foreign Affairs	S. Jayakumar	25 January 1997	22 November 2001
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs	Lim Hng Kiang	25 January 1997	31 March 1998
Minister for Finance	Richard Hu	25 January 1997	9 November 2001
	Lee Hsien Loong	10 November 2001	22 November 2001
Second Minister for Finance	Lee Yock Suan	25 January 1997	31 March 1998
	Lim Hng Kiang	1 April 1998	22 November 2001
Minister for Trade and Industry	Lee Yock Suan	25 January 1997	2 June 1999
	George Yeo	3 June 1999	22 November 2001
Second Minister for Trade and Industry	George Yeo	25 January 1997	2 June 1999
Minister for Home Affairs	Wong Kan Seng	25 January 1997	22 November 2001
Minister for Health	Yeo Cheow Tong	25 January 1997	2 June 1999
	Lim Hng Kiang	3 June 1999	22 November 2001
Minister for the Environment	Yeo Cheow Tong	25 January 1997	2 June 1999
	Lee Yock Suan	3 June 1999	30 September 2000
	Lim Swee Say[a]	1 October 2000	22 November 2001
Minister for Information and the Arts	George Yeo	25 January 1997	2 June 1999
	Lee Yock Suan	3 June 1999	22 November 2001
Minister for Labour	Lee Boon Yang	25 January 1997	31 March 1998
Minister for Communications	Mah Bow Tan	25 January 1997	2 June 1999
Minister for National Development	Lim Hng Kiang	25 January 1997	2 June 1999
	Mah Bow Tan	3 June 1999	22 November 2001
Minister for Community Development	Abdullah Tarmugi	25 January 1997	31 March 2000
Minister for Education	Teo Chee Hean	25 January 1997	22 November 2001
Minister for Communications and Information Technology	Yeo Cheow Tong	3 June 1999	22 November 2001
Minister for Manpower	Lee Boon Yang	1 April 1998	22 November 2001
Minister for Community Development and Sports	Abdullah Tarmugi	1 April 2000	22 November 2001
Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs	Abdullah Tarmugi	25 January 1997	22 November 2001
Minister with no portfolio	Lim Boon Heng	25 January 1997	22 November 2001

Notes

1. In an acting capacity.