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Coordinating Minister for Social Policies

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Coordinating Minister for Social Policies
Member ofCabinet of Singapore
Parliament of Singapore
Reports toPrime Minister of Singapore
AppointerPrime Minister of Singapore
Term lengthAt the Prime Minister's pleasure
Formation1 October 2015; 9 years ago (2015-10-01) (as Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies)
First holderTharman Shanmugaratnam
Final holderTharman Shanmugaratnam

The Coordinating Minister for Social Policies was an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore, initially introduced in 2015 to cover both economic and social policies. However, the economic policy portfolio was dropped when the role was redesignated in 2019. The only person to hold the post, between 2015 and 2023, was Tharman Shanmugaratnam as he announced his intention to run for the 2023 presidential election and his scheduled resignation on 7 July 2023 from all his positions in the government and as a member of the People's Action Party, as the presidency is a non-partisan office.

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The Coordinating Minister for Social Policies was appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore.

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Took office Left office Party Cabinet
Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies (2015–2019)
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
MP for Jurong GRC
(born 1957)
1 October
2015
30 April
2019
PAP Lee H. IV
Coordinating Minister for Social Policies (2019–2023)
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
MP for Jurong GRC
(born 1957)
1 May
2019
7 July 2023 PAP Lee H. IV
Lee H. V

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