Coordinating Minister for Social Policies

The Coordinating Minister for Social Policies was an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore, initially introduced in 2015 to cover both economic and social policies. However, the economic policy portfolio was dropped when the role was redesignated in 2019. The only person to hold the post, between 2015 and 2023, was Tharman Shanmugaratnam as he announced his intention to run for the 2023 presidential election and his scheduled resignation on 7 July 2023 from all his positions in the government and as a member of the People's Action Party, as the presidency is a non-partisan office.

Coordinating Minister for Social Policies
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; 9 years ago (2015-10-01) (as Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies)
First holder	Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Final holder	Tharman Shanmugaratnam

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 (2019–2023)
	Tharman Shanmugaratnam MP for Jurong GRC (born 1957)	1 May 2019	7 July 2023		PAP	Lee H. IV
						Lee H. V

See also

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