Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)

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.

Ministry of Manpower
Agency overview
Formed1 April 1998; 25 years ago (1998-04-01)
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Labour
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters18 Havelock Road, Singapore 059764
MottoGreat Workforce, Great Workplace
Employees2,239 (2018)[1]
Annual budgetIncrease S$3.87 billion (2023)
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
  • Ng Chee Khern,
    Permanent Secretary
  • Chia Der Jiun,
    Permanent Secretary (Development)
  • Kenny Tan,
    Deputy Secretary (Workforce)
  • Jason Chen,
    Deputy Secretary (Workplaces)
Child agencies
Websitewww.mom.gov.sg

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

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
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

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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