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Sixth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

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(2 January 1971 – 12 May 1981)
Devan Nair (since 23 October 1981)|deputy_government_head=Goh Keng Swee
S. Rajaratnam|government_head=Lee Kuan Yew|date_dissolved=1 January 1985|date_formed=6 January 1981|image=Lee Kuan Yew 1985.jpg|incumbent=|flag_border=true|flag=Flag_of_Singapore.svg|cabinet_number=6th|successor=Seventh Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet}}

The Sixth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet is the sixth Cabinet of Singapore. Formed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on 6 January 1981 following the 1980 general election, it governed Singapore until its dissolution on 1 January 1985.

Cabinet

The Sixth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet consisted of the following members.{{Cite web |title=FIFTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE |url=https://www.parliament.gov.sg/docs/default-source/composite-photos/5th-parliament.pdf |access-date=28 July 2020 |publisher=Parliament of Singapore}}

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Prime Minister

|Lee Kuan Yew

|6 January 1981

|1 January 1985

First Deputy Prime Minister

|Goh Keng Swee

|6 January 1981

|1 January 1985

Second Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs)

|S. Rajaratnam

|6 January 1981

|1 January 1985

Minister

|Lim Chee Onn

|6 January 1981

|1 August 1983

Minister

|Ong Teng Cheong

|9 May 1983

|1 January 1985

rowspan="3" |Minister for Finance

|Hon Sui Sen

|6 January 1981

|14 October 1983

Lee Kuan Yew

|15 October 1983

|23 October 1983

Tony Tan

|24 October 1983

|1 January 1985

Minister for the Environment

|Ong Pang Boon

|6 January 1981

|1 January 1985

Minister for Law

|E. W. Barker

|6 January 1981

|1 January 1985

Second Minister for Law

|S. Jayakumar

|1 June 1984

|1 January 1985

Minister of Science and Technology

|E. W. Barker

|6 January 1981

|31 March 1981

Minister for Home Affairs

|Chua Sian Chin

|6 January 1981

|1 January 1985

Second Minister for Home Affairs

|S. Jayakumar

|1 June 1984

|1 January 1985

rowspan="3" |Minister for Communications

|Ong Teng Cheong

|6 January 1981

|8 May 1983

Ong Pang Boon

|9 May 1983

|6 September 1983

Yeo Ning Hong{{efn|In an acting capacity from 7 September 1983 until 31 May 1984.|group=minister|name=acting}}

|7 September 1983

|1 January 1985

rowspan="3" |Minister for Labour

|Ong Teng Cheong

|6 January 1981

|8 May 1983

E. W. Barker

|9 May 1983

|6 September 1983

S. Jayakumar{{efn|In an acting capacity from 7 September 1983 until 31 May 1984.|group=minister|name=acting}}

|7 September 1983

|1 January 1985

rowspan="2" |Minister for Defence

|Howe Yoon Chong

|6 January 1981

|31 May 1982

Goh Chok Tong

|1 June 1982

|1 January 1985

rowspan="2" |Second Minister for Defence

|Goh Chok Tong

|1 June 1981

|31 May 1982

Yeo Ning Hong

|1 June 1984

|1 January 1985

Minister for National Development

|Teh Cheang Wan

|6 January 1981

|1 January 1985

rowspan="2" |Minister for Trade and Industry

|Goh Chok Tong

|6 January 1981

|31 May 1981

Tony Tan

|1 June 1981

|1 January 1985

rowspan="2" |Minister for Health

|Goh Chok Tong

|6 January 1981

|31 May 1982

Howe Yoon Chong

|1 June 1982

|1 January 1985

Second Minister for Health

|Goh Chok Tong

|1 June 1982

|1 January 1985

Minister for Foreign Affairs

|S. Dhanabalan

|6 January 1981

|1 January 1985

Minister for Culture

|S. Dhanabalan

|6 January 1981

|1 January 1985

rowspan="2" |Minister for Education

|Tony Tan Keng Yam

|6 January 1981

|31 May 1981

Goh Keng Swee

|1 June 1981

|1 January 1985

Minister for Social Affairs

|Ahmad Mattar{{efn|In an acting capacity from 6 January 1981 until 31 May 1984.|group=minister|name=}}

|6 January 1981

|1 January 1985

Notes

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Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries

The following were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries.

= Senior Ministers of State =

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Prime Minister's Office

|Lee Khoon Choy

|6 January 1981

|1 January 1985

Foreign Affairs

|Abdul Rahim Ishak

|6 January 1981

|1 May 1981

Culture

|Chai Chong Yii

|6 January 1981

|1 May 1981

= Ministers of State =

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Finance

|Lee Yock Suan

|24 October 1983

|1 January 1985

Law

|S. Jayakumar

|21 September 1981

|31 May 1984

Home Affairs

|S. Jayakumar

|21 September 1981

|31 May 1984

rowspan="2" |Labour

|Sia Kah Hui

|6 January 1981

|1 May 1981

Wong Kwei Cheong

|6 January 1981

|6 September 1983

rowspan="2" |Defence

|Bernard Chen

|6 January 1981

|1 May 1981

Yeo Ning Hong

|1 April 1981

|31 May 1984

National Development

|Lee Yock Suan

|21 September 1981

|23 October 1983

Trade and Industry

|Wong Kwei Cheong

|7 September 1983

|1 January 1985

Culture

|Fong Sip Chee

|2 May 1981

|1 January 1985

Education

|Tay Eng Soon

|1 April 1981

|1 January 1985

Without portfolio

|Wan Soon Bee

|7 September 1983

|1 January 1985

= Senior Parliamentary Secretaries =

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Prime Minister's Office

|Ch'ng Jit Koon

|2 January 1982

|1 January 1985

Environment

|Chor Yeok Eng

|6 January 1981

|31 December 1982

Home Affairs

|Chin Harn Tong

|1 May 1981

|1 January 1985

Labour

|Fong Sip Chee

|6 January 1981

|2 May 1981

Defence

|Phua Bah Lee

|6 January 1981

|1 January 1985

National Development

|Lee Yiok Seng

|1 May 1981

|1 January 1985

Trade and Industry

|Chan Chee Seng

|6 January 1981

|31 December 1982

Social Affairs

|Chan Chee Seng

|6 January 1981

|2 May 1981

= Parliamentary Secretaries =

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Environment

|Teo Cheong Tee

|3 May 1983

|1 January 1985

Communications

|Sidek Saniff

|6 January 1981

|1 May 1981

Labour

|Eugene Yap Giau Cheng

|1 June 1981

|1 January 1985

National Development

|Lee Yiok Seng

|6 January 1981

|30 April 1981

Trade and Industry

|Sidek Saniff

|2 May 1981

|1 January 1985

Health

|Wan Hussin Zoohri

|21 September 1981

|1 January 1985

rowspan="2" |Culture

|Sidek Saniff

|6 January 1981

|1 May 1981

Wan Hussin Zoohri

|21 September 1981

|1 January 1985

rowspan="2" |Education

|Ow Chin Hock

|6 January 1981

|1 May 1981

Ho Kah Leong

|2 May 1981

|1 January 1985

rowspan="2" |Social Affairs

|Sidek Saniff

|2 May 1981

|1 January 1985

Teo Cheong Tee

|21 September 1981

|1 January 1985

References

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