Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet


The Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet was the Cabinet of Singapore from 19 October 1963 to 15 April 1968.
The cabinet was formed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew after the People's Action Party won a supermajority of the seats in the Parliament of Singapore in the 1963 general election. It is the cabinet that governed Singapore when it was a state in Malaysia. It is also Singapore's first cabinet following its independence on 9 August 1965.
The cabinet was succeeded by the Third Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet.

Cabinet

The Second Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet consisted of the following members.
PortfolioNameTerm startTerm end
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew19 October 196315 April 1968
Deputy Prime MinisterToh Chin Chye19 October 196315 April 1968
Minister for National DevelopmentLim Kim San19 October 19638 August 1965
Minister for National DevelopmentE. W. Barker9 August 196515 April 1968
Minister for FinanceGoh Keng Swee19 October 19638 August 1965
Minister for FinanceLim Kim San9 August 196516 August 1967
Minister for FinanceGoh Keng Swee17 August 196715 April 1968
Minister for Home Affairs and Social WelfareOthman Wok19 October 196327 November 1963
Minister for LabourJek Yeun Thong19 October 196315 April 1968
Minister for HealthYong Nyuk Lin19 October 196315 April 1968
Minister of EducationOng Pang Boon19 October 196315 April 1968
Minister for CultureS. Rajaratnam19 October 196323 September 1965
Minister for CultureOthman Wok24 September 196515 April 1968
Minister for Social AffairsOthman Wok27 November 196315 April 1968
Minister for LawE. W. Barker1 November 196415 April 1968
Ministry for Foreign AffairsS. Rajaratnam9 August 196515 April 1968
Ministry for the Interior and DefenceGoh Keng Swee9 August 196516 August 1967
Ministry for the Interior and DefenceLim Kim San16 August 196715 April 1968

Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries

The following were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries.