Chan Chun Sing is “perfect” for Defence Minister post, but who has the calibre to helm Law and Home Affairs ministries?
Aside from the two Senior Ministers now on the Cabinet, Mr Lee and Teo Chee Hean, the current Cabinet consists of politicians who mostly entered Parliament after the year 2000—with one major exception: Minister K Shanmugam, who entered Parliament more than 35 years ago, in 1988. Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat entered Parliament in 2015 and became Minister last year, while Manpower Minister Tan See Leng was elected in 2020 and was made Minister in 2021.
Dr Ng Eng Hen has led the Defence Ministry since 2011. A sizeable number of Singaporeans online have discussed who has the calibre to take over this portfolio and have identified Mr Chan Chun Sing as the “ Mr Shanmugam held the Home Affairs Ministry in 2015, with a brief stint between 2010 and 2011. He has been in charge of the Law Ministry for far longer – since 2008.