The First Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet was the Cabinet of Singapore from 5 June 1959 to 18 October 1963. It was formed on 5 June 1959, after the People's Action Party won the 1959 general election, and was led by Lee Kuan Yew following his election as Prime Minister.
A minor cabinet reshuffle was made on 24 September 1961.
Cabinet The First Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet was composed of the following members.
PortfolioNameTermPrime MinisterLee Kuan Yew5 June 1959 – 28 November 1990Deputy Prime MinisterToh Chin Chye5 June 1959 – 15 April 1968Minister for National DevelopmentOng Eng Guan5 June 1959 – 20 June 1960Toh Chin Chye20 June 1960 – 25 August 1960 (acting)Tan Kia Gan25 August 1960 – 18 October 1963Minister for FinanceGoh Keng Swee5 June 1959 – 8 August 1965Minister for Home AffairsOng Pang Boon5 June 1959 – 18 October 1963Minister for Labour and LawK. M. Byrne5 June 1959 – 23 September 1961Minister for LabourAhmad Ibrahim24 September 1961 – 21 August 1962Ong Pang Boon21 August 1962 – 18 October 1963 (acting)Minister for HealthAhmad Ibrahim5 June 1959 – 23 September 1961Minister for Health and LawK. M. Byrne24 September 1961 – 18 October 1963Minister for EducationYong Nyuk Lin5 June 1959 – 18 October 1963Minister for CultureS. Rajaratnam5 June 1959 – 8 August 1965
List of office holders The following is the list of office holders in the First Lee Kuan Yew cabinet. Cabinet members are listed in bold.
Prime Minister's Office OfficeNameTerm startTerm endPrime MinisterLee Kuan Yew5 June 195918 October 1963Deputy Prime MinisterToh Chin Chye5 June 195918 October 1963Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime MinisterChan Sun Wing25 July 195922 July 1961Ya'acob Mohamed24 September 196118 October 1963Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime MinisterGoh Chew Chua25 July 195918 October 1963Ministry of CultureOfficeNameTerm startTerm endMinister for CultureS. Rajaratnam5 June 195918 October 1963Parliamentary Secretary for CultureLee Khoon Choy25 July 195923 September 1961G. Kandasamy24 September 19619 June 1963Ministry of EducationOfficeNameTerm startTerm endMinister for EducationYong Nyuk Lin5 June 195918 October 1963Parliamentary Secretary for EducationLeong Keng Seng25 July 195922 July 1961Lee Khoon Choy24 September 196118 October 1963Ministry of FinanceOfficeNameTerm startTerm endMinister for FinanceGoh Keng Swee5 June 195918 October 1963Parliamentary Secretary for FinanceLow Por Tuck25 July 195922 July 1961S. Ramaswamy24 September 196118 October 1963Ministry of Health (until 24 September 1961)OfficeNameTerm startTerm endMinister for HealthAhmad Ibrahim5 June 195923 September 1961Parliamentary Secretary for HealthSheng Nam Chin25 July 195922 July 1961Ministry of Health and Law (from 24 September 1961)OfficeNameTerm startTerm endMinister for Health and LawK. M. Byrne24 September 196118 October 1963Parliamentary Secretary for Health and LawBuang Omar Junid24 September 196118 October 1963Ministry of Home AffairsOfficeNameTerm startTerm endMinister for Home AffairsOng Pang Boon5 June 195918 October 1963Parliamentary Secretary for Home AffairsTan Kia Gan25 July 195925 August 1960Lee Siew Choh1 November 196022 July 1961Chan Chee Seng24 September 196118 October 1963Ministry of Labour (from 24 September 1961)OfficeNameTerm startTerm endMinister for LabourAhmad Ibrahim24 September 196121 August 1962Ong Pang Boon21 August 196218 October 1963Parliamentary Secretary for LabourWee Toon Boon24 September 196118 October 1963Ministry of Labour and Law (until 24 September 1961) OfficeNameTerm startTerm endMinister for Labour and LawK. M. Byrne5 June 195923 September 1961Parliamentary Secretary for Labour and LawWee Toon Boon25 July 195923 September 1961Ministry of National DevelopmentOfficeNameTerm startTerm endMinister for National DevelopmentOng Eng Guan5 June 195920 June 1960Toh Chin Chye20 June 196025 August 1960Tan Kia Gan25 August 196018 October 1963Parliamentary Secretary for National DevelopmentYa'acob Mohamed25 July 195923 September 1961Chor Yeok Eng24 September 196118 October 1963
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