Agency Name: | Ministry of Law |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Singapore |
Motto: | A Trusted Legal System, A Trusted Singapore |
Employees: | 1,022[1] |
Budget: | S$555.57 million (2019) |
Headquarters: | 100 High Street, #08-02 The Treasury, Singapore 179434 |
Minister1 Name: | K Shanmugam |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister |
Minister2 Name: | Edwin Tong |
Minister2 Pfo: | Second Minister |
Minister3 Name: | Murali Pillai |
Minister3 Pfo: | Minister of State |
Chief1 Name: | Luke Goh |
Chief1 Position: | Permanent Secretary |
Chief2 Name: | Calvin Phua |
Chief2 Position: | Deputy Secretary |
Child1 Agency: | Intellectual Property Office of Singapore |
Child2 Agency: | Singapore Land Authority |
Agency Id: | T08GA0018G |
The Ministry of Law (MinLaw; Malay: Kementerian Undang-Undang; Chinese: 律政部; Tamil: சட்ட அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the advancement in access to justice, the rule of law, the economy and society through policy, law and services.
The Ministry of Law comprises
The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Law, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent minister is MP for Nee Soon GRC K. Shanmugam from the People's Action Party.
Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Cabinet | |
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K. M. Byrne MP for Crawford (1913–1990) | 5 June 1959 | 17 October 1963 | PAP | Lee K. I | ||
Vacant (18 October 1963–31 October 1964) | ||||||
Edmund W. Barker[2] [3] MP for Tanglin (1920–2001) | 1 November 1964 | 12 September 1988 | PAP | Lee K. II | ||
Lee K. III | ||||||
Lee K. IV | ||||||
Lee K. V | ||||||
Lee K. VI | ||||||
Lee K. VII | ||||||
S. Jayakumar MP for Bedok GRC (until 1997) MP for East Coast GRC (from 1997) (born 1939) | 12 September 1988 | 30 April 2008 | PAP | Lee K. VIII | ||
Goh I | ||||||
Goh II | ||||||
Goh III | ||||||
Goh IV | ||||||
Lee H. I | ||||||
Lee H. II | ||||||
K. Shanmugam[4] [5] MP for Sembawang GRC (until 2011) MP for Nee Soon GRC (from 2011) (born 1959) | 1 May 2008 | Incumbent | PAP | |||
Lee H. III | ||||||
Lee H. IV | ||||||
Lee H. V | ||||||
Wong I |