Third Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

Third Goh Chok Tong Cabinet

11th Cabinet of Singapore
Date formed25 January 1997
Date dissolved22 November 2001
People and organisations
Head of stateOng Teng Cheong (until 1999)
S. R. Nathan (from 1999)
Head of governmentGoh Chok Tong
Deputy head of governmentLee Hsien Loong
Tony Tan
Member partyPeople's Action Party
Status in legislatureSupermajority
81 / 93
Opposition partyWorker's Party
Singapore People's Party
Opposition leaderChiam See Tong
History
Election1997
Legislature term9th Parliament of Singapore
PredecessorSecond Goh Chok Tong Cabinet
SuccessorFourth 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.

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.

References

  1. ^ "PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE" (PDF). National Archives of Singapore. 18 January 1997.