Minister for Finance (Singapore)

The Minister for Finance is an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore and heads the Ministry of Finance.[1] Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who was Second Minister for Finance, took over the ministership on 1 December 2007 when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong relinquished the Finance post.[2] The current Finance Minister is Heng Swee Keat. The Second Minister for Finance, Lawrence Wong, was appointed on 22 August 2016 during a change to the Cabinet to help Heng Swee Keat with operational responsibilities at the ministry.

MinisterStart of TermEnd of TermRemarks
Goh Keng Swee19591965
Lim Kim San19651967
Goh Keng Swee19678 August 1970
Hon Sui Sen11 August 197014 October 1983
Tony Tan Keng Yam15 October 19831 January 1985served as Singapore's 7th President for 6 years, 2011 to 2017.
Richard Hu Tsu Tau2 January 19859 November 2001
Lee Hsien Loong10 November 200130 November 20073rd and current PM of Singapore since 2004
Tharman Shanmugaratnam1 December 200730 September 2015currently one of Singapore's 2 deputy prime ministers.
Heng Swee Keat1 October 2015Incumbent
Tharman Shanmugaratnam (interim)12 May 201622 August 2016stood in during Mr Heng's absence, as acting Finance Minister when the latter suffered a stroke.

References

  1. ↑ Official Website
  2. ↑ Popatlal, Asha (2007-11-29). "PM Lee to relinquish Finance Minister post, Tharman takes over". Retrieved 2007-11-29.


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