Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)

Ministry of Manpower
Agency overview
Formed	1 April 1998; 26 years ago
Preceding agency	Ministry of Labour;
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	18 Havelock Road, Singapore 059764
Motto	Great Workforce, Great Workplace
Employees	2,239 (2018)
Annual budget	S$3.87 billion (2023)
Ministers responsible	Tan See Leng, ; Minister; Koh Poh Koon, ; Senior Minister of State; Zaqy Mohamad, ; Senior Minister of State; Gan Siow Huang, ; Minister of State;
Agency executives	Ng Chee Khern, ; Permanent Secretary; Jeffrey Siow, ; Second Permanent Secretary; Kenny Tan, ; Deputy Secretary (Workforce); Joan Moh, ; Deputy Secretary (Workplaces);
Child agencies	Central Provident Fund Board; Singapore Labour Foundation; Workforce Singapore;
Website	www.mom.gov.sg
Agency ID	T08GA0019C

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

Organisational structure

The Ministry oversees 3 statutory boards, the Central Provident Fund Board, the Singapore Labour Foundation and Workforce Singapore.^[2]

Statutory Boards

Ministers

The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Manpower, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent minister is MP for Marine Parade GRC Tan See Leng from the People's Action Party.

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office		Cabinet
Minister for Labour (1955–1998)
	Lim Yew Hock MP for Havelock (1914–1984)	6 April 1955	3 June 1959	LF	Marshall
				LF	Lim
				SPA	Lim
	Kenneth Michael Byrne MP for Crawford (1913–1990)	5 June 1959	24 September 1961	PAP	Lee K. I
	Ahmad Ibrahim MP for Sembawang (1927–1962)	24 September 1961	21 August 1962	PAP
	Ong Pang Boon MP for Telok Ayer (born 1929) Interim	21 August 1962	18 October 1963	PAP
	Jek Yeun Thong MP for Queenstown (1930–2018)	19 October 1963	15 April 1968	PAP	Lee K. II
	S. Rajaratnam MP for Kampong Glam (1915–2006)	16 April 1968	4 July 1971	PAP	Lee K. III
	Ong Pang Boon MP for Telok Ayer (born 1929)	5 July 1971	5 January 1981	PAP	Lee K. III
					Lee K. IV
					Lee K. V
	Ong Teng Cheong MP for Kim Keat (1936–2002)	6 January 1981	8 May 1983	PAP	Lee K. VI
	Edmund W. Barker MP for Tanglin (1920–2001)	9 May 1983	6 September 1983	PAP
	S. Jayakumar MP for Bedok (born 1939)	7 September 1983	1 January 1985	PAP
	Lee Yock Suan MP for Cheng San & Cheng San GRC (born 1946)	2 January 1985	1 January 1992	PAP	Lee K. VII
					Lee K. VIII
					Goh I
					Goh II
	Lee Boon Yang MP for Jalan Besar GRC (born 1947)	2 January 1992	31 March 1998	PAP	Goh II
	Lee Boon Yang MP for Jalan Besar GRC (born 1947)	2 January 1992	31 March 1998	PAP	Goh III
Minister for Manpower (from 1998)
	Lee Boon Yang MP for Jalan Besar GRC (born 1947)	1 April 1998	11 May 2003	PAP	Goh III
	Lee Boon Yang MP for Jalan Besar GRC (born 1947)	1 April 1998	11 May 2003	PAP	Goh IV
	Ng Eng Hen MP for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (born 1958) Interim until 11 August 2004	12 May 2003	31 March 2008	PAP	Goh IV
					Lee H. I
					Lee H. II
	Gan Kim Yong MP for Chua Chu Kang SMC (born 1959) Interim until 31 March 2009	1 April 2008	20 May 2011	PAP	Lee H. II
	Tharman Shanmugaratnam MP for Jurong GRC (born 1957)	21 May 2011	31 July 2012	PAP	Lee H. III
	Tan Chuan-Jin MP for Marine Parade GRC (born 1969) Interim until 30 April 2014	1 August 2012	3 May 2015	PAP
	Lim Swee Say^[3] MP for East Coast GRC (born 1954)	4 May 2015	30 April 2018	PAP
	Lim Swee Say^[3] MP for East Coast GRC (born 1954)	4 May 2015	30 April 2018	PAP	Lee H. IV
	Josephine Teo^[4] MP for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC & Jalan Besar GRC (born 1968)	1 May 2018	14 May 2021	PAP	Lee H. IV
		1 May 2018	14 May 2021	PAP	Lee H. V
	Tan See Leng^[4] MP for Marine Parade GRC (born 1964)	15 May 2021	Incumbent	PAP	Lee H. V
	Tan See Leng^[4] MP for Marine Parade GRC (born 1964)	15 May 2021	Incumbent	PAP	Wong L. I