Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies

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Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies
Incumbent
Heng Swee Keat
since 27 July 2020 (2020-07-27)
Member ofCabinet of Singapore
Parliament of Singapore
Reports toPrime Minister of Singapore
AppointerPrime Minister of Singapore
Term lengthAt the Prime Minister's pleasure
Formation1 October 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-01) (as Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies)
First holderTharman Shanmugaratnam

The Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies is an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore, initially introduced in 2015 to cover both economic and social policies.[1] However, the social policy portfolio was dropped when the role was redesignated in 2019. The incumbent minister is Heng Swee Keat.

List of officeholders[edit]

The Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent minister is East Coast GRC MP Heng Swee Keat of the People's Action Party (PAP).

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Took office Left office Party Cabinet
Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies (2015–2019)
Tharman Shanmugaratnam[1]
MP for Jurong GRC
(born 1957)
1 October
2015
30 April
2019
PAP Lee H. IV
Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies (2020–present)
Heng Swee Keat[2]
MP for East Coast GRC
(born 1961)
27 July
2020
Incumbent PAP Lee H. V

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  2. ^ "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements". CNA. Archived from the original on 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2020-07-25.