First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet
The first Goh 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]
| First Goh Chok Tong Cabinet | |
|---|---|
 8th 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 (from 28 November 1990), Ong Teng Cheong (from 02 January 1985) |
| Member party | People's Action Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition party | Workers' Party of Singapore |
| History | |
| Predecessor | 8th Lee Cabinet |
| Successor | 2nd Goh Cabinet |
Initial composition
| Portfolio | Minister |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister Minister for Defence |
Goh Chok Tong |
| Senior Minister | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Trade and Industry |
Lee Hsien Loong |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Ong Teng Cheong |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Community Development |
Wong Kan Seng |
| Minister for Home Affairs Minister for Law |
S. Jayakumar |
| Minister for Finance | Richard Hu Tsu Tau |
| Minister for Labour | Lee Yock Suan |
| Minister for National Development | S. Dhanabalan |
| Minister for Health | Yeo Cheow Tong |
| Minister for Environment Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs |
Ahmad Mattar |
| Minister for Education | Tony Tan |
| Acting Minister for Information and the Arts | George Yeo |
| Minister for Communications Second Minister for Defence |
Yeo Ning Hong |
| Second Minister for Defence | Lee Boon Yang |
The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons
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.
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