People's Action Party

The People's Action Party (PAP) is a large centre-right political party in Singapore.^[8] It is one of two main parties in the Parliament of Singapore, with the other being the Workers' Party.^[9][10] It was started in 1954 and supported Singapore being independent from Malaysia. It has been in charge of Singapore since the 1959 general election.^[11]

People's Action Party
Malay name	Parti Tindakan Rakyat
Chinese name	人民行动党 Rénmín Xíngdòng Dǎng
Tamil name	மக்களின் செயல் கட்சி Makkaḷin Ceyal Kaṭci
Abbreviation	PAP
Chairman	Heng Swee Keat
Secretary-General	Lee Hsien Loong
Vice Chairman	Masagos Zulkifli
Deputy Secretary-General	Lawrence Wong
Assistant Secretaries-General	Chan Chun Sing Desmond Lee
Founders	Lee Kuan Yew Goh Keng Swee Toh Chin Chye S. Rajaratnam Lim Chin Siong ... and others
Founded	21 November 1954; 70 years ago (1954-11-21)
Preceded by	Malayan Forum
Succeeded by	Democratic Action Party (Malaysia)
Headquarters	Block 57B New Upper Changi Road #01-1402 Singapore 463057
Youth wing	Young PAP
Ideology	Conservatism[1][2] Social conservatism[3] Economic liberalism[4] Civic nationalism[5][6] Secularism[7]
Political position	Centre-right[8]
Colours	White, red, blue
Slogan	Our Lives, Our Jobs, Our Future
Governing body	Central Executive Committee
Parliament	79 / 103
Website
www.pap.org.sg

Leadership

The current chairman of the PAP is Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat. The current secretary general is the current Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong.^[12]

List of Chairpersons

Portrait	Name (birth– death)	Term of office		Time in office
	Toh Chin Chye (10 December 1921 – 3 February 2012)	21 November 1954	5 January 1981	26 years, 45 days
	Ong Teng Cheong (22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002)	5 January 1981	16 August 1993	12 years, 223 days
	Tony Tan Keng Yam (born 7 February 1940)	1 September 1993	3 December 2004	11 years, 93 days
	Lim Boon Heng (born 18 November 1947)	3 December 2004	1 June 2011	6 years, 180 days
	Khaw Boon Wan (born 8 December 1952)	1 June 2011	23 November 2018	7 years, 175 days
	Gan Kim Yong (born 9 February 1959)	23 November 2018	26 November 2022	4 years, 3 days
	Heng Swee Keat(born 15 April 1961)	26 November 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 252 days

List of Secretaries-General

Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office		Time in office
	Lee Kuan Yew (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015)	21 November 1954	15 November 1992[13]	37 years, 360 days
	Goh Chok Tong (born 20 May 1941)	15 November 1992[13]	3 December 2004	12 years, 18 days
	Lee Hsien Loong (born 10 February 1952)	3 December 2004	Incumbent	20 years, 245 days

Central Executive Committee

As of 30 July 2023, the Central Executive Committee comprises the following members:^[14]

Title	Name
Chairman	Heng Swee Keat
Vice-Chairman	Masagos Zulkifli
Secretary-General	Lee Hsien Loong
Deputy Secretary-General	Lawrence Wong
Assistant Secretaries-General	Chan Chun Sing
	Desmond Lee
Treasurer	K. Shanmugam
Assistant Treasurer	Ong Ye Kung
Organising Secretaries	Grace Fu
	Edwin Tong
Members	Alex Yeo
	Cheryl Chan
	Indranee Rajah
	Josephine Teo
	Ng Chee Meng
	Tan See Leng
	Vivian Balakrishnan