Ministry of Law (Singapore) explained

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.

Organisational structure

The Ministry of Law comprises

Ministers

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.

PortraitName
Took officeLeft officePartyCabinet
K. M. Byrne
MP for Crawford
(1913–1990)
5 June
1959
17 October
1963
PAPLee 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
PAPLee 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
PAPLee 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
IncumbentPAP
Lee H. III
Lee H. IV
Lee H. V
Wong I

See also

References

  1. Web site: Singapore Budget.
  2. News: 1 November 1964 . Barker's sworn in as Law Minister . The Straits Times . Singapore . 6 September 2013.
  3. News: 29 May 2017 . Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launches new E W Barker Centre for Law and Business at NUS . en . The Straits Times . 29 May 2017.
  4. News: Ong . Justin . 28 September 2015 . Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet . Channel NewsAsia . dead . 1 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143256/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/prime-minister-lee-hsien-loong-announces-singapore-s-new-cabinet-8239284 . 2018-06-21.
  5. Web site: Mahmud . Aqil Haziq . 2020-07-25 . PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200725183434/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pm-lee-singapore-new-cabinet-parliament-ge2020-12962844 . 2020-07-25 . 2020-07-25 . CNA . en.

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