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First Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

1st Cabinet of Singapore
Date formed5 June 1959
Date dissolved18 October 1963
People and organisations
Head of stateSir William Goode (until 1959)
Yusof bin Ishak (from 1959)
Head of governmentLee Kuan Yew
Deputy head of governmentToh Chin Chye
Member partyPeople's Action Party
Status in legislatureSupermajority (until 1961)
Majority (1961–1962)
Minority (from 1962)
43 / 51
(until 1961)
26 / 51
(1961–1962)
25 / 51
(from 1962)
Opposition partySingapore People's Alliance
Opposition leaderLim Yew Hock
History
Election1959
Legislature term2nd Legislative Assembly
PredecessorLim Yew Hock Cabinet
SuccessorSecond Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet

The First Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet was the Cabinet of Singapore from 5 June 1959 to 18 October 1963. The cabinet was led by Lee Kuan Yew, who was elected as prime minister.[1] It was formed on 5 June 1959, after securing a landslide victory in the 1959 general election.

A minor cabinet reshuffle was made on 24 September 1961.

  1. ^ "Lee Kuan Yew elected as Prime Minister of Singapore". AsiaOne. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

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