Minister for Foreign Affairs (Singapore)
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The Minister for Foreign Affairs is head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
, and a member of the Cabinet of Singapore
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for conducting and managing diplomatic relations between Singapore and other countries. It is headed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the office currently held by K...
, and a member of the Cabinet of Singapore
Cabinet of Singapore
The Cabinet of Singapore forms the Government of Singapore together with the President of Singapore. It is led by the Prime Minister of Singapore who is the head of government...
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| Minister | Term |
|---|---|
| S Rajaratnam Sinnathamby Rajaratnam Sinnathamby Rajaratnam, better known as "S. Rajaratnam", , was a Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1980–85, and a long-serving Minister and member of the Cabinet from 1959-88. He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of independent Singapore as it achieved self-government in 1959 and... |
9 August 1965 – 30 May 1980 |
| Suppiah Dhanabalan | 1 June 1980 – 12 September 1988 |
| Wong Kan Seng Wong Kan Seng Wong Kan Seng is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he served as the country's Deputy Prime Minister from 2005 to 2011... |
13 September 1988 – 1 January 1994 |
| Shunmugam Jayakumar | 2 January 1994 – 12 August 2004 |
| George Yeo George Yeo George Yeo Yong-Boon is a former politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he served in the Cabinet from 1991 to 2011 as the Minister for Information and the Arts , Minister for Health , Minister for Trade and Industry and Minister for Foreign Affairs... |
13 August 2004 – 17 May 2011 |
| K. Shanmugam K. Shanmugam Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam better known as "K Shanmugam", is a Tamil Indian politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the country's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law... |
18 May 2011 – Present |