Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)

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Ministry of Manpower
Ministry of Manpower (Singapore) (logo).png
Agency overview
Formed1 April 1998; 23 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$1.98 billion (2019) [1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
  • Aubeck Kam, Permanent Secretary
  • Chia Der Jiun[2], Second Permanent Secretary
  • Poon Hong Yuen, Deputy Secretary (Workforce)
Child agencies
Websitewww.mom.gov.sg

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM; Chinese: 新加坡人力部; Malay: Kementerian Tenaga Manusia; Tamil: மனிதவள அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore which is responsible for the formulation and implementation of labour policies related to the workforce in Singapore. The Ministry was known as the Ministry of Labour until 1998.

Organisational structure[]

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.[3]

Ministers[]

The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Manpower, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent minister is Tan See Leng.

Portrait Minister Start of Term End of Term Political Party Ref.
Minister of Labour (1955 – 1998)
Lim Yew Hock 6 April 1955 1 June 1959 LF Logo.svg Labour Front/
SPA Logo.svg Singapore People's Alliance
Kenneth Michael Byrne 5 June 1959 1 September 1961 PAP logo variation.svg People's Action Party
Ahmad Ibrahim 1 September 1961 21 August 1962
Ong Pang Boon (acting) 21 August 1962 1963
Jek Yeun Thong 1963 1968
S Rajaratnam 1968 1971
Ong Pang Boon 1971 1981
Ong Teng Cheong.jpg
 Ong Teng Cheong 1981 1983
E W Barker 1983 1983
Jayakumar (1).jpg S Jayakumar 1983 2 January 1985
Lee Yock Suan 2 January 1985 2 January 1992
Lee Boon Yang 2 January 1992 31 March 1998
Minister of Manpower (1998 – present)
Lee Boon Yang 1 April 1998 11 May 2003 PAP logo variation.svg People's Action Party
Ng Eng Hen 2.jpg Ng Eng Hen 12 May 2003 (Acting) 11 August 2004
12 August 2004 31 March 2008
Gan Kim Yong at a PCF graduation ceremony - 20081113 (cropped).jpg Gan Kim Yong 1 April 2008 (Acting) 31 March 2009
1 April 2009 20 May 2011
Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the official opening of Yuan Ching Secondary School's new building, Singapore - 20100716 (cropped).jpg Tharman Shanmugaratnam 21 May 2011 31 July 2012
Tan Chuan Jin.jpg Tan Chuan-Jin 1 August 2012 (Acting) 30 April 2014
1 May 2014 3 May 2015
Lim Swee Say at the PAP Community Foundation 25th Anniversary Carnival - 20110402 (cropped).jpg Lim Swee Say 4 May 2015 30 April 2018 [4]
Josephine Teo September 2016 (29908295102).jpg Josephine Teo 1 May 2018 14 May 2021 [5]
Dr-Tan-See-Leng.png Tan See Leng 15 May 2021 Incumbent [5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Singapore Budget" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Permanent Secretary Appointments - 18 September 2020". Public Service Division. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Divisions and statutory boards". Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Singapore. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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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