Coordinating Minister for National Security (Singapore)

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Coordinating Minister for National Security
Teo Chee Hean 2.jpg
Incumbent
Teo Chee Hean

since 21 May 2011 (2011-05-21)
Member ofCabinet of Singapore
Parliament of Singapore
Reports toPrime Minister
AppointerPrime Minister
Term lengthAt the Prime Minister's pleasure
Formation1 August 2003; 18 years ago (2003-08-01)

The Coordinating Minister for National Security is an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore, initially introduced on 1 August 2003 to cover both security and defence of Singapore. However, the security and defence portfolio was dropped when the role was redesignated in 2005.

List of officeholders[]

Image Minister Start of Term End of Term Political Party
Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence
Tony Tan Keng Yam cropp.jpg Tony Tan Keng Yam 1 August 2003 1 September 2005 People's Action Party
Coordinating Minister for National Security
Jayakumar (1).jpg Shunmugam Jayakumar 1 September 2005 1 November 2010 People's Action Party
WongKanSeng-20060314.jpg Wong Kan Seng 1 November 2010 20 May 2011
TeoCheeHean-Singapore-20060603.jpg Teo Chee Hean 21 May 2011 Incumbent

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