Changes in Singapore’s Cabinet

He is Singapore's fourth prime minister. He is also the Minister for Finance.

PM Wong entered politics in 2011 and previously helmed the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Education.

He is the PAP's secretary-general.

He was appointed Senior Minister after stepping down in 2024 as Singapore's third prime minister.

SM Lee entered politics in 1984 after a career in the Singapore Armed Forces, retiring as a Brigadier-General.​

He has served as Minister for Trade and Industry, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.

He is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry.

Gan is also the Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and is responsible for the Strategy Group in the Prime Minister’s Office.

He joined politics in 2001, and has held positions in the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Health. He was the previous chairman of the PAP.

Shanmugam will take on the role of Senior Minister following PM Wong's latest Cabinet reshuffle. He will be the first Senior Minister to be appointed to the role without having previously been a Prime Minister or a Deputy Prime Minister.

He remains the Coordinating Minister for National Security and the Minister of Home Affairs.

He entered politics in 1988 and was a backbencher for 20 years before being appointed to Cabinet in 2008 as Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs between 2011 and 2015.

He was previously a senior partner in law firm Allen & Gledhill.

He was Education Minister from May 2021.

He has formerly held roles such as Minister for Social and Family Development, Minister for Trade and Industry, and secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress.

He was chief of army, holding the rank of major-general, when he entered politics in 2011.

He is an assistant secretary-general of the PAP.

He takes on the new portfolio as Coordinating Minister for Social Policies while retaining the Health Minister post which he has held since May 2021.

The former civil servant entered politics in 2011.

After being elected in 2015, he has been Minister for Education and Minister for Transport.

He is the assistant treasurer of the PAP.

He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2015.

He entered politics in 2001.

A member of the PAP's central executive committee, he has previously been Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports and Minister for the Environment and Water Resources.

She has been Minister for Sustainability and the Environment since July 2020.

She was the first female minister to helm her own ministry in 2015, when she was appointed Minister for Culture, Community and Youth.

She was the chief executive of PSA South-east Asia and Japan before entering politics in 2006, and became a full Cabinet minister in 2012.

She is a PAP organising secretary.

He has been Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health since July 2020.

An electrical engineer by training, he was chief executive of Singtel Global Offices before entering politics in 2006.

He became a full Cabinet Minister in 2014, and has been Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs, and Minister for the Environment and Water Resources.

He is the vice-chairman of the PAP.

She was Minister for Digital Development and Information and Second Minister for Home Affairs. She is also Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation and Cybersecurity.

She was Minister for Manpower, and previously served in the Prime Minister’s Office and the finance, transport and foreign affairs ministries.

She worked in human resources at statutory boards and the National Trades Union Congress before entering politics in 2006.

He was Minister for National Development.

A former lawyer and civil servant, he entered politics in 2011.

He is an assistant secretary-general of the PAP.

She is a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, as well as Second Minister for Finance and National Development.

She was appointed Leader of the House in 2020.

The former lawyer entered politics in 2001. She is a member of the PAP's central executive committee.

He entered politics in 2011 and became an office-holder in 2018. He was appointed a full Cabinet minister in 2020, and took on the role of Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law.

The former partner in law firm Allen & Gledhill is also organising secretary for the PAP.

He will take on Minister for Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry), following his appointment as Minister-in-charge of Energy, and Science and Technology in May 2025 while relinquishing the Manpower Minister post.

Before entering politics in 2020, the medical doctor was Group CEO and managing director at IHH HealthCare Berhad, and Parkway Pantai Limited. He also founded Healthway Medical Group in Singapore.

He was co-opted into the PAP's central executive committee in 2024.

He was Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Finance from January 2024.

He was Senior Minister of State for Finance, Transport, and Foreign Affairs, and deputy secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress.

A former senior civil servant, he entered politics in 2015.

He was co-opted into the PAP's central executive committee in 2024.

Ng is the NTUC secretary-general and MP for Jalan Kayu.

He was the chief of defence force before entering politics in 2015, when he won in Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC as part of a PAP team. He went on to hold several Cabinet positions, including education minister (schools) and second minister for transport.

In 2020, he helmed the PAP team to contest the newly created Sengkang GRC, but lost to a WP team.

In the 2025 General Election, Ng won the newly carved-out Jalan Kayu single seat with 51.47 per cent of the vote but later said in a statement that he had asked PM Wong not to assign him any position in government.

He has been Acting Minister for Transport since PM Wong’s last cabinet reshuffle in May 2025.

Before that, he was a second permanent secretary at the Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Trade and Industry.

He was also previously managing director of statutory board Enterprise Singapore and principal private secretary to former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong from 2017 to 2021.

He has been the Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth since PM Wong's last cabinet reshuffle in 2025.

He served as Deputy Secretary (Technology) at the Ministry of Defence prior to his appointment as the chief of army. He joined the Singapore Armed Forces in 1996.

He was programme director of the Pioneer Generation Office and founding group chief of the Silver Generation Office under the Agency for Integrated Care.

She will take on the role of Second Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of National Development, where she is currently the Senior Minister of State for both.

She is a former civil servant. She entered politics in 2011 and was appointed deputy Whip of the PAP in 2016.

She was co-opted into the PAP's central executive committee in 2024.

He became the Acting Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs on July 20 - taking over from Faishal Ibrahim who resigned from political office earlier on the same day - while relinquishing his Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment post.

He was Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Defence.

The former partner at consultancy Ernst & Young entered politics in 2006. He was appointed Deputy Leader of the House in 2020.

Lau took on Minister of State for Education as well as Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Lau following PM Wong's 2025 cabinet reshuffle.

She is a former civil servant who served as deputy secretary (policy) at the Ministry of Health. Her other stints in public service were at the Public Service Division, the Manpower and Finance ministries, and the Economic Development Board.

She is also on the board of the Building and Construction Authority and a member of the board of trustees for the Singapore Institute of Technology.

He was Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information, and Health.

He was appointed PAP Whip in 2019.

Before entering politics, he was a paediatrician.

Low is Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth, and Trade and Industry.

She entered politics in 2011. She chairs the Mayors' Committee and is Mayor of South West District.

She is also assistant organising secretary in the PAP's central executive committee.

Sun was Minister of State for Social and Family Development and Home Affairs. She previously worked at the Economic Development Board and various banks.

She entered politics in 2015.

Tan is Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and deputy secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress.

He is a former SAF scholarship holder and held the rank of brigadier-general.

He entered politics in 2020 and is now assistant organising secretary in the PAP's central executive committee.

He was Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information and National Development.

He was formerly chief executive of the Infocomm Media Development Authority, and is assistant organising secretary in the PAP's central executive committee.

Murali was Minister of State for Law and Transport.

He is a senior counsel and former partner at law firm Rajah & Tann.

He entered politics in 2015 as part of a PAP team that contested Aljunied GRC but lost to the WP. He was first elected in the 2016 Bukit Batok by-election.

Goh will take on the role of Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Home Affairs as well as Ministry of Social and Family Development, where he is currently the Minister of State for both.

Goh is former SAF chief of staff – joint staff who held the rank of brigadier-general. He also served concurrently as SAF inspector-general and chief sustainability officer.

He is chairman of the Kampong Chai Chee Community Club management committee.

He is the Mayor of the North East District.

The former public servant entered politics in 2006.

In 2012, he quit his job as managing director of Hill+Knowlton Strategies to be a full-time MP.

He is the assistant secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress, where he leads economic and social policy, strategic communications, and international relations.

Rahayu is Minister of State for Digital Development and Information and Health.

She was an associate director of law firm Heng, Leong & Srinivasan and former deputy registrar of the Syariah Court before she entered politics in 2015.

Tan will take on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and relinquish his Ministry of Trade and Industry post. He will also remain as the Minister of State for National Development.

He was the Minister of State for Trade and Industry, and Culture, Community and Youth during the Cabinet reshuffle in 2024.

He made his electoral debut in 2020.

He has worked in the private, public and non-profit sectors, including roles at LinkedIn and Facebook.

Gan was Minister of State for Education and Manpower.

She was elected MP for Marymount in GE2020.

Before entering politics in 2020, she was Singapore's first woman general and held the rank of brigadier-general in the Republic of Singapore Air Force.

He will take on the new role of Minister of State for Home Affairs and remain as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs while relinquishing his role as Minister of State for Social and Family Development.

He is a lawyer.

He has been an MP in Chua Chu Kang GRC since 2020.

Dinesh is the Mayor of the South East District.

He was previously chief executive of the Agency for Integrated Care.

He was also director of the Health Ministry's crisis strategy and operations group during the Covid-19 pandemic and a brigadier-general in the Singapore Armed Forces before that.

Foo is the vice-president for port ecosystem development at port operator PSA Singapore.

A civil servant for over a decade, the first-term MP was a former director at the Transport Ministry, where he oversaw private and future mobility.

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Loh was a senior civil servant, who was most recently director of security and resilience programmes at the Finance Ministry.

He was elected MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC in GE2020.

Before joining politics, he was director of the SGSecure Programme Office under the Home Affairs Ministry. He previously served with the SCDF and was commander of the 3rd SCDF Division.

He was elected MP for Jurong GRC in GE2020.

He is a director for enterprise development in Temasek.

A former fighter pilot, he was the commanding officer of the Republic of Singapore Air Force's 140 Squadron.

Goh was a director in the Smart Nation Strategy Office and the national artificial intelligence group for policy and strategy at the Ministry of Digital Development and Information.

She was involved in grassroots work, which included helping with the Breakfast with Love programme in Jalan Besar GRC’s Kampong Glam division.

Harun is a psychiatrist who runs his own clinic, the Starfish Clinic of Psychiatry & Mental Wellness.

He was appointed Nominated MP in July 2023 but resigned on Feb 14, 2025 - about a year before the end of his term - to join the PAP.