Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)

Ministry of the Government of Singapore

Ministry of Manpower

Agency overview
Formed| 1 April 1998; 26 years ago (1998-04-01)
Preceding agency|

* Ministry of Labour

Jurisdiction| Government of Singapore
Headquarters| 18 Havelock Road, Singapore 059764
Motto| Great Workforce, Great Workplace
Employees| 2,239 (2018)[1]
Annual budget|  S$3.87 billion (2023)
Ministers responsible|

* Tan See Leng,
Minister
* Koh Poh Koon,
Senior Minister of State
* Zaqy Mohamad,
Senior Minister of State
* Gan Siow Huang,
Minister of State

Agency executives|

* Ng Cumhee Khern,
Permanent Secretary
* Jeffrey Siow,
Second Permanent Secretary
* Kenny Tan,
Deputy Secretary (Workforce)
* Jason Chen,
Deputy Secretary (Workplaces)

Child agencies|

* Central Provident Fund Board
* Singapore Labour Foundation
* Workforce Singapore

Website| www.mom.gov.sg

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM; Malay: Kementerian Tenaga Manusia; Chinese: 新加坡人力部; Tamil: மனிதவள அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the workforce in Singapore.

## Organisational structure[edit]

Ministry of Manpower building at Havelock Road, Singapore.

The Ministry oversees 3 statutory boards, the Central Provident Fund Board, the Singapore Labour Foundation and Workforce Singapore.[2]

### Statutory Boards[edit]

* Central Provident Fund Board
* Singapore Labour Foundation
* Workforce Singapore

## Ministers[edit]

The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Manpower, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent minister is MP for Marine Parade GRC Tan See Leng from the People's Action Party.

Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Took office  | Left office  | Party  | Cabinet

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Minister for Labour (1955–1998)
| Lim Yew Hock
MP for Havelock
(1914–1984) | 6 April
1955  | 3 June
1959  |  | LF | Marshall
Lim
| SPA
| Kenneth Michael Byrne
MP for Crawford
(1913–1990) | 5 June
1959  | 24 September
1961  |  | PAP | Lee K. I
| Ahmad Ibrahim
MP for Sembawang
(1927–1962) | 24 September
1961  | 21 August
1962  |  | PAP
| Ong Pang Boon
MP for Telok Ayer
(born 1929)
Interim | 21 August
1962  | 18 October
1963  |  | PAP
| Jek Yeun Thong
MP for Queenstown
(1930–2018) | 19 October
1963  | 15 April
1968  |  | PAP | Lee K. II
| S. Rajaratnam
MP for Kampong Glam
(1915–2006) | 16 April
1968  | 4 July
1971  |  | PAP | Lee K. III
| Ong Pang Boon
MP for Telok Ayer
(born 1929) | 5 July
1971  | 5 January
1981  |  | PAP
Lee K. IV
Lee K. V
| Ong Teng Cheong
MP for Kim Keat
(1936–2002) | 6 January
1981  | 8 May
1983  |  | PAP | Lee K. VI
| Edmund W. Barker
MP for Tanglin
(1920–2001) | 9 May
1983  | 6 September
1983  |  | PAP
| S. Jayakumar
MP for Bedok
(born 1939) | 7 September
1983  | 1 January
1985  |  | PAP
| Lee Yock Suan
MP for Cheng San
(until 1988)
MP for Cheng San GRC
(from 1988)
(born 1946) | 2 January
1985  | 1 January
1992  |  | PAP | Lee K. VII
Lee K. VIII
Goh I
Goh II
| Lee Boon Yang
MP for Jalan Besar GRC
(born 1947) | 2 January
1992  | 31 March
1998  |  | PAP
Goh III
Minister for Manpower (from 1998)
| Lee Boon Yang
MP for Jalan Besar GRC
(born 1947) | 1 April
1998  | 11 May
2003  |  | PAP | Goh III
Goh IV
| Ng Eng Hen
MP for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
(born 1958)
Interim until 11 August 2004 | 12 May
2003  | 31 March
2008  |  | PAP
Lee H. I
Lee H. II
| Gan Kim Yong
MP for Chua Chu Kang SMC
(born 1959)
Interim until 31 March 2009 | 1 April
2008  | 20 May
2011  |  | PAP
| Tharman Shanmugaratnam
MP for Jurong GRC
(born 1957) | 21 May
2011  | 31 July
2012  |  | PAP | Lee H. III
| Tan Chuan-Jin
MP for Marine Parade GRC
(born 1969)
Interim until 30 April 2014 | 1 August
2012  | 3 May
2015  |  | PAP
| Lim Swee Say[3]
MP for East Coast GRC
(born 1954) | 4 May
2015  | 30 April
2018  |  | PAP
Lee H. IV
| Josephine Teo[4]
MP for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
(until 2020)
MP for Jalan Besar GRC
(from 2020)
(born 1968) | 1 May
2018  | 14 May
2021  |  | PAP
Lee H. V
| Tan See Leng[4]
MP for Marine Parade GRC
(born 1964) | 15 May
2021  | Incumbent  |  | PAP

## See also[edit]

* Central Provident Fund Board
* Employment in Singapore

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Singapore Budget" (PDF).
2. ^ "Divisions and statutory boards". Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Singapore. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
3. ^ Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
4. ^ a b Mahmud, Aqil Haziq (25 July 2020). "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements". CNA. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

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