Minister for Foreign Affairs (Singapore)
Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Singapore | |
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Member of |
Cabinet of Singapore Parliament of Singapore |
Reports to | The Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Prime Minister |
Term length | No fixed term |
Formation | 9 August 1965 |
First holder | S. Rajaratnam |
Unofficial names | Foreign Minister |
Website | www.mfa.gov.sg |
The Minister for Foreign Affairs is head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a member of the Cabinet of Singapore. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Vivian Balakrishnan.[1]
Minister | Start of Term | End of Term |
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S Rajaratnam | 9 August 1965 | 30 May 1980 |
Suppiah Dhanabalan | 1 June 1980 | 12 September 1988 |
Wong Kan Seng | 13 September 1988 | 1 January 1994 |
Shunmugam Jayakumar | 2 January 1994 | 12 August 2004 |
George Yeo | 13 August 2004 | 17 May 2011 |
K. Shanmugam | 18 May 2011 | 30 September 2015 |
Vivian Balakrishnan | 1 October 2015 | Incumbent |
References
- ↑ Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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