Coordinating Minister for Social Policies

Coordinating Minister for Social Policies
Incumbent Ong Ye Kung since 23 May 2025
Member of	Cabinet of Singapore Parliament of Singapore
Reports to	Prime Minister of Singapore
Appointer	Prime Minister of Singapore
Term length	At the Prime Minister's pleasure
Formation	1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) (as Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies)
First holder	Tharman Shanmugaratnam

The Coordinating Minister for Social Policies is an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore, initially introduced in 2015 as the Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies to cover both economic and social policies. However, the economic policy portfolio was dropped when the role was redesignated in 2019. Before resigning on 7 July 2023 from all his positions in the government and as a member of the People's Action Party to run for the non-partisan presidency, which preceded the abolition of the role, Tharman Shanmugaratnam had held the role since its creation.

The role returned in 2025 under the Second Lawrence Wong Cabinet when Prime Minister Lawrence Wong appointed Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung as the new Coordinating Minister for Social Policies.

List of officeholders

The Coordinating Minister for Social Policies was appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore.

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Party		Cabinet
Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies (2015–2019)
	Tharman Shanmugaratnam MP for Jurong GRC (born 1957)	1 October 2015	30 April 2019		PAP	Lee H. IV
Coordinating Minister for Social Policies (2019–present)
	Tharman Shanmugaratnam MP for Jurong GRC (born 1957)	1 May 2019	7 July 2023		PAP	Lee H. IV
						Lee H. V
Vacant (8 July 2023–22 May 2025)
	Ong Ye Kung MP for Sembawang GRC (born 1969)	23 May 2025	Incumbent		PAP	Wong II

See also

• Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies
• Coordinating Minister for National Security
• Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs