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The latest Cabinet reshuffle on Jul. 25, 2020 shows that the leadership transition to 4G is more or less complete.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced his new Cabinet line‐up and other political appointments after General Election 2020, flanked by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat and Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing.

Heng will take on an additional appointment as Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies.

The cabinet reshuffle sees changes in six ministries. There are also six office holders who are promoted. In addition, there will be seven new political office holders.

However, one thing is clear: Many of the PAP MPs in parliament (more than 85 per cent) are elected when PM Lee led the party in the GEs.

Here are some of the key changes:

New ministers, ministers in new portfolios

There are changes in six ministries and the Prime Minister's Office.

1. Grace Fu will be appointed Minister for Sustainability and Environment, with the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources renamed as the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment. She will relinquish her appointment as Minister for Culture, Community and Youth.

2. Lawrence Wong will be appointed Minister for Education. He will remain Second Minister for Finance, and relinquish his appointment as Minister for National Development.

3. Masagos Zulkifli will be appointed Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health. He will remain the Minister‐in‐ charge of Muslim Affairs and relinquish his appointment as Minister for the Environment and Water Resources.

4. Ong Ye Kung will be appointed Minister for Transport. He will relinquish his appointment as Minister for Education.

5. Desmond Lee will be appointed Minister for National Development. He will relinquish his appointment as Minister for Social and Family Development but will remain in the Ministry and be concurrently appointed as Minister‐in‐ charge of Social Services Integration.

6. Indranee Rajah will be appointed Second Minister for National Development, and relinquish her appointment as Second Minister for Education. She will remain Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and as Second Minister for Finance.

7. Edwin Tong will be promoted to full Minister. He will be appointed Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, and Second Minister for Law.

8. Maliki Osman will be promoted to full Minister. He will be appointed Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs. He will relinquish his appointment as the Mayor of South East District.

9. New PAP MP Tan See Leng will be appointed Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry.

Other promotions

10. Zaqy Mohamad will be promoted to Senior Minister of State. He will remain at the Ministry of Manpower and take up an additional appointment at the Ministry of Defence.

11. Low Yen Ling will be promoted to Minister of State, and take up new appointments at the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. She will relinquish her appointments at the Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Education. She will also remain as Mayor of South West District.

12. Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim will be promoted to Minister of State, and take up new appointments at the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of National Development. He will relinquish his appointments at the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social and Family Development.

13. Sun Xueling will be promoted to Minister of State, and take up new appointments at the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Social and Family Development. She will relinquish her appointments at the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of National Development.

New Political Office Holders

There will be seven new political office holders.

They include:

14. Gan Siow Huang will be appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Manpower.

15. Alvin Tan will be appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and the Ministry of Trade and Industry, with effect from 1 September 2020.

16. Desmond Tan will be appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment.

17. Tan Kiat How will be appointed Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of National Development. He will also be Chairman of REACH.

18. Eric Chua will be appointed Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and the Ministry of Social and Family Development.

19. Rahayu Mahzam will be appointed Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health, with effect from 1 September.

Mayors

20. Alex Yam will be appointed Mayor for North West District.

21. Mohd Fahmi Aliman will be appointed Mayor for South West District.

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