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The Sixth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet is the sixth Cabinet of Singapore. Formed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on 6 January 1981 following the 1980 general election, it governed Singapore until its dissolution on 1 January 1985.
Sixth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet | |
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![]() 6th Cabinet of Singapore | |
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Date formed | 6 January 1981 |
Date dissolved | 1 January 1985 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Benjamin Sheares
(2 January 1971 – 12 May 1981) Devan Nair (since 23 October 1981) |
Head of government | Lee Kuan Yew |
Deputy head of government | Goh Keng Swee S. Rajaratnam |
Member party | People's Action Party |
Status in legislature | Supermajority 75 / 75 |
Opposition party | Workers' Party |
Opposition leader | J. B. Jeyaretnam |
History | |
Election | 1980 |
Legislature term | 5th Parliament of Singapore |
Predecessor | Fifth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet |
Successor | Seventh Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet |
Cabinet
editThe Sixth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet consisted of the following members.[1]
Portfolio | Name | Term start | Term end |
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Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew | 6 January 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
First Deputy Prime Minister | Goh Keng Swee | 6 January 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Second Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs) | S. Rajaratnam | 6 January 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Minister | Lim Chee Onn | 6 January 1981 | 1 August 1983 |
Minister | Ong Teng Cheong | 9 May 1983 | 1 January 1985 |
Minister for Finance | Hon Sui Sen | 6 January 1981 | 14 October 1983 |
Lee Kuan Yew | 15 October 1983 | 23 October 1983 | |
Tony Tan | 24 October 1983 | 1 January 1985 | |
Minister for the Environment | Ong Pang Boon | 6 January 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Minister for Law | Edmund W. Barker | 6 January 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Second Minister for Law | S. Jayakumar | 1 June 1984 | 1 January 1985 |
Minister of Science and Technology | Edmund W. Barker | 6 January 1981 | 31 March 1981 |
Minister for Home Affairs | Chua Sian Chin | 6 January 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Second Minister for Home Affairs | S. Jayakumar | 1 June 1984 | 1 January 1985 |
Minister for Communications | Ong Teng Cheong | 6 January 1981 | 8 May 1983 |
Ong Pang Boon | 9 May 1983 | 6 September 1983 | |
Yeo Ning Hong[a] | 7 September 1983 | 1 January 1985 | |
Minister for Labour | Ong Teng Cheong | 6 January 1981 | 8 May 1983 |
Edmund W. Barker | 9 May 1983 | 6 September 1983 | |
S. Jayakumar[a] | 7 September 1983 | 1 January 1985 | |
Minister for Defence | Howe Yoon Chong | 6 January 1981 | 31 May 1982 |
Goh Chok Tong | 1 June 1982 | 1 January 1985 | |
Second Minister for Defence | Goh Chok Tong | 1 June 1981 | 31 May 1982 |
Yeo Ning Hong | 1 June 1984 | 1 January 1985 | |
Minister for National Development | Teh Cheang Wan | 6 January 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Minister for Trade and Industry | Goh Chok Tong | 6 January 1981 | 31 May 1981 |
Tony Tan | 1 June 1981 | 1 January 1985 | |
Minister for Health | Goh Chok Tong | 6 January 1981 | 31 May 1982 |
Howe Yoon Chong | 1 June 1982 | 1 January 1985 | |
Second Minister for Health | Goh Chok Tong | 1 June 1982 | 1 January 1985 |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | S. Dhanabalan | 6 January 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Minister for Culture | S. Dhanabalan | 6 January 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Minister for Education | Tony Tan Keng Yam | 6 January 1981 | 31 May 1981 |
Goh Keng Swee | 1 June 1981 | 1 January 1985 | |
Minister for Social Affairs | Ahmad Mattar[b] | 6 January 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Notes
Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries
editThe following were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries.[1]
Senior Ministers of State
editPortfolio | Name | Term start | Term end |
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Prime Minister's Office | Lee Khoon Choy | 6 January 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Foreign Affairs | Abdul Rahim Ishak | 6 January 1981 | 1 May 1981 |
Culture | Chai Chong Yii | 6 January 1981 | 1 May 1981 |
Ministers of State
editPortfolio | Name | Term start | Term end |
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Finance | Lee Yock Suan | 24 October 1983 | 1 January 1985 |
Law | S. Jayakumar | 21 September 1981 | 31 May 1984 |
Home Affairs | S. Jayakumar | 21 September 1981 | 31 May 1984 |
Labour | Sia Kah Hui | 6 January 1981 | 1 May 1981 |
Wong Kwei Cheong | 6 January 1981 | 6 September 1983 | |
Defence | Bernard Chen | 6 January 1981 | 1 May 1981 |
Yeo Ning Hong | 1 April 1981 | 31 May 1984 | |
National Development | Lee Yock Suan | 21 September 1981 | 23 October 1983 |
Trade and Industry | Wong Kwei Cheong | 7 September 1983 | 1 January 1985 |
Culture | Fong Sip Chee | 2 May 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Education | Tay Eng Soon | 1 April 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Without portfolio | Wan Soon Bee | 7 September 1983 | 1 January 1985 |
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
editPortfolio | Name | Term start | Term end |
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Prime Minister's Office | Ch'ng Jit Koon | 2 January 1982 | 1 January 1985 |
Environment | Chor Yeok Eng | 6 January 1981 | 31 December 1982 |
Home Affairs | Chin Harn Tong | 1 May 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Labour | Fong Sip Chee | 6 January 1981 | 2 May 1981 |
Defence | Phua Bah Lee | 6 January 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
National Development | Lee Yiok Seng | 1 May 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Trade and Industry | Chan Chee Seng | 6 January 1981 | 31 December 1982 |
Social Affairs | Chan Chee Seng | 6 January 1981 | 2 May 1981 |
Parliamentary Secretaries
editPortfolio | Name | Term start | Term end |
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Environment | Teo Cheong Tee | 3 May 1983 | 1 January 1985 |
Communications | Sidek Saniff | 6 January 1981 | 1 May 1981 |
Labour | Eugene Yap Giau Cheng | 1 June 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
National Development | Lee Yiok Seng | 6 January 1981 | 30 April 1981 |
Trade and Industry | Sidek Saniff | 2 May 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Health | Wan Hussin Zoohri | 21 September 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Culture | Sidek Saniff | 6 January 1981 | 1 May 1981 |
Wan Hussin Zoohri | 21 September 1981 | 1 January 1985 | |
Education | Ow Chin Hock | 6 January 1981 | 1 May 1981 |
Ho Kah Leong | 2 May 1981 | 1 January 1985 | |
Social Affairs | Sidek Saniff | 2 May 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
Teo Cheong Tee | 21 September 1981 | 1 January 1985 |
References
edit- ^ a b "FIFTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore. Retrieved 28 July 2020.