In office 1 January 1987 – 1 January 1992 Acting: 2 January 1985 – 31 December 1986
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong
Preceded by
S. Jayakumar
Succeeded by
Lee Boon Yang
Second Minister for Education
In office 7 September 1991 – 1 January 1992
Prime Minister
Goh Chok Tong
Minister
Tony Tan
Senior Minister of State for Labour
In office 2 January 1985 – 1 January 1986
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew
Minister
Himself (acting)
Minister of State for Finance
In office 24 October 1983 – 1 January 1985
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew
Minister
Tony Tan
Minister of State for National Development
In office 21 September 1981 – 23 October 1983
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew
Minister
Teh Cheang Wan
Member of the Singapore Parliament for East Coast GRC (Changi–Simei)
In office 3 November 2001 – 5 May 2006
Preceded by
David Lim (Aljunied GRC)
Succeeded by
Jessica Tan
Member of the Singapore Parliament for Cheng San GRC Cheng San SMC (1980–1998)
In office 23 December 1980 – 18 October 2001
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born
(1946-09-30) 30 September 1946 (age 77) Singapore, Straits Settlements
Political party
People's Action Party
Children
2 (including Desmond Lee)
Alma mater
Imperial College London (BS)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Yock Suan (Chinese: 李玉全; pinyin: Lǐ Yùquán; born 30 September 1946) is a Singaporean former politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he served in the Cabinet between 1987 and 2004, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) between 1980 and 2006. He is the father of Desmond Lee, the current Minister for National Development.
Parade GRC and saw the removal of Chew Heng Ching, Tan Soo Khoon and LeeYockSuan due to the advanced age in 2006, followed by S Jayakumar and Abdullah...
was offered to rejoin Cabinet by then-Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew through a by-election in Lee's Tanjong Pagar GRC. Yeo declined. On 5 October 2011, Yeo...
introduced a few other prominent members, such as future ministers LeeYockSuan and S. Jayakumar, as well as a backbencher (and later Progress Singapore...
a narrow margin. Its previous MPs include cabinet ministers such as LeeYockSuan, S. Jayakumar, Raymond Lim and Lim Swee Say, as well as previous speakers...
served as acting prime minister in several occasions, during Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's absence. Within the PAP, Teo was First Assistant Secretary-General...
cut in the Central Provident Fund (CPF) in the 1980s, which Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew had said would not be allowed except "in an economic crisis". Tan...
five-member PAP team contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and was elected in a walkover. He was on the PAP's team in Holland–Bukit...
Labour LeeYockSuan said that there were alternatives available such as soft loan schemes which were interest-free. In answer to Tan's claim that Lee had...
continued 'inappropriate relationship' even after being told to stop: PM Lee". CNA. Retrieved 2023-07-17. "Jessica Tan Soon Neo | Parliament of Singapore"...
Retrieved 18 August 2020. Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Archived...
Lee Boon Yang (Chinese: 李文献; pinyin: Lǐ Wénxiàn; born 1 October 1947) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister for Information, Communications...
Ministry of Communications and Information (21 April 2001). "speech by Mr LeeYockSuan". Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 6 February...
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong Preceded by Teo Chee Hean Succeeded by LeeYockSuan Minister for Health In office 28 November 1990 – 31 December 1993 Acting:...
Chun Sing, Tan Chuan-Jin, as well as Desmond Lee and Ong Ye Kung, the sons of former MPs LeeYockSuan and Ong Lian Ten respectively. There were 54 debuting...
30 June 1991 28 November 1990 2 June 1999 PAP Goh I Goh II Goh III LeeYockSuan MP for Cheng San GRC (born 1946) 3 June 1999 22 November 2001 PAP Minister...
The People's Action Party team led by the then-Minister for Education LeeYockSuan, faced the contest by a Workers' Party team led by the then-Secretary-General...
Vorilhon, French-born 'messenger' of Raëlism Fran Brill, Muppeteer LeeYockSuan, Minister for Education of Singapore October 2 General Sonthi Boonyaratglin...
principalship of Mr Wu Tat Huan. It was officially opened on 5 May 1982 by Mr LeeYockSuan, then Member of Parliament for Cheng San Constituency. In line with...
Chong, former Cabinet minister S. Jayakumar, former Cabinet minister LeeYockSuan, former Cabinet minister Lim Hng Kiang, former Cabinet minister Raymond...
Siong and Fong Swee Suan, leaders of the influential bus and factories unions. While the unions had been infiltrated by communists, Lee consciously sought...
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