First Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet


The First Cabinet of Lee Hsien Loong of the Government of Singapore was sworn into office on 12 Aug 2004.
The swearing-in ceremony was held outdoors on the Istana grounds—instead of City Hall where his two predecessors Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong held their ceremonies— in order to accommodate 1,400 invited guests representing different demographics of the population. S. Jayakumar was elevated to Deputy Prime Minister, while Tony Tan retained his DPM position — a post he held since his return to Cabinet in 1995. Lee Hsien Loong retained his Finance Minister post held since 2001.
Lee's immediate predecessor, Goh Chok Tong, was named Senior Minister, and ranked second in order of precedence. Goh's predecessor, Lee Kuan Yew, who was the nation's first prime minister and Lee Hsien Loong's father, was subsequently named Minister Mentor.
PortfolioMinisterPortrait
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Minister for FinanceLee Hsien Loong
Senior MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Minister MentorLee Kuan Yew
Deputy Prime MinisterTony Tan Keng Yam
Coordinating Minister for Security & DefenceTony Tan Keng Yam
Deputy Prime MinisterShunmugam Jayakumar
Minister for LawShunmugam Jayakumar
Minister for Home AffairsWong Kan Seng
Minister for TransportYeo Cheow Tong
Minister for Foreign AffairsGeorge Yeo Yong-Boon
Minister for Information, Communications and the ArtsLee Boon Yang
Minister for National DevelopmentMah Bow Tan
Minister in the Prime Minister's OfficeLim Boon Heng
Minister for Trade and IndustryLim Hng Kiang
Minister for Defence
Teo Chee Hean
Minister in the Prime Minister's OfficeLim Swee Say
2nd Minister for National DevelopmentLim Swee Say
Minister for the Environment and Water ResourcesYaacob Ibrahim
Minister-in-charge of Muslim AffairsYaacob Ibrahim
Minister for HealthKhaw Boon Wan
Minister for EducationTharman Shanmugaratnam
Minister for ManpowerNg Eng Hen
2nd Minister for EducationNg Eng Hen
Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and SportsVivian Balakrishnan
Acting 2nd Minister for FinanceRaymond Lim Siang Keat

The names in bold are the surnames of Chinese persons, and the personal names of Indian and Malay persons.