# Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)

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.

### Statutory Boards

* Central Provident Fund Board
* Singapore Labour Foundation
* Workforce Singapore

## Ministers

The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Manpower, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore.
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Party | Cabinet |
| Minister for Labour (1955–1998) |||||||
| | Lim Yew Hock MP for Havelock (1914–1984) | 6 April 1955 | 3 June 1959 | LF | Marshall |
| | Lim Yew Hock MP for Havelock (1914–1984) | 6 April 1955 | 3 June 1959 | LF | Lim |
| | Lim Yew Hock MP for Havelock (1914–1984) | 6 April 1955 | 3 June 1959 | SPA | Lim |
| | K. M. 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 | Lee K. I |
| | Ong Pang Boon MP for Telok Ayer (born 1929) Interim | 21 August 1962 | 18 October 1963 | PAP | Lee K. I |
| | 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 |
| | Ong Pang Boon MP for Telok Ayer (born 1929) | 5 July 1971 | 5 January 1981 | PAP | Lee K. IV |
| | Ong Pang Boon MP for Telok Ayer (born 1929) | 5 July 1971 | 5 January 1981 | PAP | 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 | Lee K. VI |
| | S. Jayakumar MP for Bedok (born 1939) | 7 September 1983 | 1 January 1985 | PAP | Lee K. VI |
| | Lee Yock Suan MP for Cheng San & Cheng San GRC (born 1946) | 2 January 1985 | 1 January 1992 | PAP | Lee K. VII |
| | Lee Yock Suan MP for Cheng San & Cheng San GRC (born 1946) | 2 January 1985 | 1 January 1992 | PAP | Lee K. VIII |
| | Lee Yock Suan MP for Cheng San & Cheng San GRC (born 1946) | 2 January 1985 | 1 January 1992 | PAP | Goh I |
| | Lee Yock Suan MP for Cheng San & Cheng San GRC (born 1946) | 2 January 1985 | 1 January 1992 | PAP | 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 |
| | Ng Eng Hen MP for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (born 1958) Interim until 11 August 2004 | 12 May 2003 | 31 March 2008 | PAP | Lee H. I |
| | Ng Eng Hen MP for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (born 1958) Interim until 11 August 2004 | 12 May 2003 | 31 March 2008 | PAP | 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 | Lee H. III |
| | Lim Swee Say MP for East Coast GRC (born 1954) | 4 May 2015 | 30 April 2018 | PAP | Lee H. III |
| | Lim Swee Say MP for East Coast GRC (born 1954) | 4 May 2015 | 30 April 2018 | PAP | Lee H. IV |
| | Josephine Teo MP for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC & Jalan Besar GRC (born 1968) | 1 May 2018 | 14 May 2021 | PAP | Lee H. IV |
| | Josephine Teo MP for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC & Jalan Besar GRC (born 1968) | 1 May 2018 | 14 May 2021 | PAP | Lee H. V |
| | Tan See Leng MP for Marine Parade GRC (born 1964) | 15 May 2021 | Incumbent | PAP | Lee H. V |
| | Tan See Leng MP for Marine Parade GRC (born 1964) | 15 May 2021 | Incumbent | PAP | Wong L. I |