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The People’s Action Party (PAP) has elected its next central executive committee (CEC), as cadres voted in a renewed leadership slate at the party’s conference on Sunday (Oct 25).
First-term Members of Parliament Jeffrey Siow and Jasmin Lau made the nomination list for the party’s top decision-making body, but were not voted in.
In no particular order, the PAP’s 39th CEC comprises:
1) Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong
2) Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong
3) Minister for Education Desmond Lee
4) Coordinating Minister for Public Services and Minister for Defence Chan Chun Sing
5) Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli
6) Senior Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam
7) Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu
8) Minister for National Development Chee Hong Tat
9) Minister for Law Edwin Tong
10) Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah
11) Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung
12) Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan
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