First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet
The first Goh Chok Tong Cabinet was formed after then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was sworn in after the previous Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, stepped down and handed over prime ministership to Goh on 28 November 1990.[1][2]
| First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet | |
|---|---|
 9th Cabinet of Singapore | |
 | |
| Date formed | 28 November 1990 |
| Date dissolved | 31 August 1991 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Wee Kim Wee |
| Head of government | Goh Chok Tong |
| Deputy head of government | Lee Hsien Loong Ong Teng Cheong |
| Member party | People's Action Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition party | Workers' Party of Singapore Singapore Democratic Party |
| Opposition leader | Chiam See Tong |
| History | |
| Legislature term(s) | 7th Parliament of Singapore |
| Predecessor | Eighth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet |
| Successor | Second Goh Chok Tong Cabinet |
Composition
Ministers
Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries
| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence | Senior Minister of State | Lee Boon Yang |  |
28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 |
| Ministry of Trade and Industry | Minister of State | Mah Bow Tan | |
28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
| Ministry of Community Development | Minister of State | Seet Ai Mee | |
28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 |
| Ch'ng Jit Koon | |
28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 | ||
| Ministry of Home Affairs | Minister of State | Peter Sung | |
28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
| Parliamentary Secretary | Tang Guan Seng | |
28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 | |
| Ministry of National Development | Minister of State | Peter Sung | |
28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
| Senior Parliamentary Secretary | Lee Yiok Seng | |
28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 | |
| Ministry of Health | Minister of State | Aline Wong | |
28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
| Ministry of Education | Senior Minister of State | Tay Eng Soon | |
28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
| Minister of State | Seet Ai Mee | |
28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 | |
| Sidek bin Saniff | |
1 July 1991 | 31 August 1991 | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary | Tang Guan Seng | |
28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 | |
| Ministry of Information and the Arts | Senior Parliamentary Secretary | Ho Kah Leong | |
28 November 1990 | 31 August 1991 |
| Ministry of Communications | Minister of State | Mah Bow Tan | |
28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 |
| Source: [3] | |||||
References
- Lee Kuan Yew (2000). From Third World to First. New York: HarperCollins. p. 672. ISBN 978-0-06-019776-6.
- "Goh's chaired his first Cabinet meeting". BookSG. Singapore. 1990. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- "SEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore.
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