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14th Parliament of Singapore
14th '"UNIQ--templatestyles-00000003-QINU"'Parliament of Singapore | |||
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| Majority parliament | |||
| 24 August 2020 – 15 April 2025(4 years, 7 months and 22 days) | |||
| Seating arrangements of the House | |||
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| Lee Hsien Loong24 August 2020 – 15 May 2024 Lawrence Wong15 May 2024 – 15 April 2025 | |||
| Pritam Singh24 August 2020 – 15 April 2025 | |||
| 24 August 2020 – 24 March 2023(2 years and 7 months) | |||
| 10 April 2023 – 15 April 2025(2 years and 5 days) | |||
| Lee Hsien Loong27 July 2020 – 15 May 2024 | |||
| Lawrence Wong15 May 2024 – 15 April 2025 | |||
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The 14th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. It opened on 24 August 2020 and dissolved on 15 April 2025. The membership was set by the 2020 general election, held on 10 July. The final sitting for the term was on 8 April 2025, to discuss on the consensus relating the tariffs imposed by President of the United States Donald Trump a week prior.
The 14th Parliament was controlled by the People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on 25 July 2020; it was then later led by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and its inaugural cabinet, who assumed power on 15 May 2024. The initial number of seats of parliament at the start of the term was 104, with 10 seats from the Workers' Party led by Pritam Singh, two Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seats from the Progress Singapore Party, and nine Nominated Members. This is also the first time where the position for the Leader of the Opposition was officialised.
Not counting Nominated members, The parliament had the most seats vacated in post-independence since the inaugural Parliament during the term, with six, including Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin who vacated his seat citing extramaritial affair along with Cheng Li Hui, Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam who later contested the 2023 Singaporean presidential election and Transport Minister S. Iswaran, who became the first cabinet minister since Teh Cheang Wan in 1986 to be charged for corruption. At four years, seven months and 22 days, the 14th Parliament had the second longest term in Singapore history, only behind the 8th Parliament; it also had the most sittings in one term, at 162, surpassing the previous term's 135.
| People's Action Party | 1,527,491 | 61.23 | –8.63 | 83 | 0 | |
| Workers' Party | 279,922 | 11.22 | –1.26 | 10 | +1 | |
| Progress Singapore Party | 253,996 | 10.18 | New | 2 | New | |
| Singapore Democratic Party | 111,054 | 4.45 | +0.92 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Solidarity Party | 93,653 | 3.75 | +0.22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peoples Voice | 59,183 | 2.37 | New | 0 | New | |
| Reform Party | 54,599 | 2.19 | –0.44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Singapore People's Party | 37,998 | 1.52 | –0.65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Singapore Democratic Alliance | 37,237 | 1.49 | –0.57 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Dot United | 31,260 | 1.25 | New | 0 | New | |
| People's Power Party | 7,489 | 0.30 | –0.83 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 655 | 0.03 | –0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2,494,537 | 100.00 | – | 95 | +3 | |
| 2,494,537 | 98.20 | |||||
| 45,822 | 1.80 | |||||
| 2,540,359 | 100.00 | |||||
| 2,651,435 | 95.81 | |||||
| Source: Singapore Elections |
The Progress Singapore Party, being the best performing opposition party was awarded two Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seats in accordance with the Constitution. Hazel Poa, and Leong Mun Wai were appointed as NCMPs.
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Speaker:
- Tan Chuan-Jin (People's Action Party; until 17 July 2023)
- Jessica Tan (People's Action Party; 17 July-2 August as acting speaker)
- Seah Kian Peng (People's Action Party; from 2 August 2023)
- Tan Chuan-Jin (People's Action Party; until 17 July 2023)
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Deputy Speaker: Christopher de Souza and Jessica Tan (People's Action Party; from 31 August 2020)
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Prime Minister:
- Lee Hsien Loong (People's Action Party; until 15 May 2024)
- Lawrence Wong (People's Action Party; from 15 May 2024)
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Leader of the Opposition: Pritam Singh (Workers' Party)
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Leader of the House: Indranee Rajah (People's Action Party)
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Deputy Leader of the House: Zaqy Mohamad (People's Action Party)
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Government Whip: Janil Puthucheary (People's Action Party)
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Deputy Government Whip: Sim Ann (People's Action Party)
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Opposition Whip: Pritam Singh (Workers' Party)
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Deputy Opposition Whip: Sylvia Lim Swee Lian (Workers' Party)
The committee of selection selects and nominates members to the various sessional and select committees. The committee consists of seven other members:
- Indranee Rajah
- Koh Poh Koon
- Denise Phua
- Pritam Singh
- Tan See Leng
- Edwin Tong
- Zaqy Mohamad
The committee of privileges looks into any complaint alleging breaches of parliamentary privilege. The committee consists of seven other members:
- Grace Fu
- Indranee Rajah
- Desmond Lee
- Masagos Zulkifli
- K. Shanmugam
- Dennis Tan
- Don Wee
The estimates committee examines the Government's budget and reports what economies, improvements in organisation, efficiency or administrative reforms consistent with the policy underlying the estimates, may be effected and suggests the form in which the estimates shall be presented to Parliament. The committee consists of eight members:
- Ang Wei Neng (chairperson)
- Lim Biow Chuan
- Jamus Lim
- Rachel Ong
- Sitoh Yih Pin
- Vikram Nair
- Yip Hon Weng
- Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim
The house committee looks after the comfort and convenience of Members of Parliament and advises the Speaker on these matters. The committee consists of six other members:
- Eric Chua
- He Ting Ru
- Fahmi Aliman
- Ng Ling Ling
- Joan Pereira
- Yeo Wan Ling
- Nadia Ahmad Samdin
The public accounts committee examines various accounts of the Government showing the appropriation of funds granted by Parliament to meet public expenditure, as well as other accounts laid before Parliament. The committee consists of eight members:
- Foo Mee Har (chairperson)
- Cheryl Chan
- Louis Chua
- Derrick Goh
- Henry Kwek
- Poh Li San
- Saktiandi Supaat
- Tan Wu Meng
The public petitions committee deals with public petitions received by the House. Its function is to consider petitions referred to the committee and to report to the House. The committee consists of seven members:
- Chee Hong Tat
- Ong Ye Kung
- Rahayu Mahzam
- Hany Soh
- Edwin Tong
- Leong Mun Wai
- Murali Pillai SC
The standing orders committee reviews the Standing Orders from time to time and recommends amendments and reports to the House on all matters relating to them., the committee consists of the Deputy Speakers of Parliament and seven other members:
- Christopher de Souza (Deputy Speaker)
- Jessica Tan (Deputy Speaker)
- Gerald Giam
- Indranee Rajah
- Janil Puthucheary
- Sharael Taha
- Sim Ann
- Alvin Tan
- Melvin Yong
The special select committee is set up to nominate persons for appointment as Nominated Members of Parliament by the President. The committee consists of six other members:
- Chan Chun Sing
- Gan Kim Yong
- Gan Siow Huang
- Indranee Rajah
- Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman
- Vivian Balakrishnan
Mooted by then-Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in 1987, government parliamentary committees (GPCs) are set up by the governing People's Action Party to scrutinise the legislation and programmes of the various Ministries. They also serve as an additional channel of feedback on government policies.
| Government Parliamentary Committee | Member of Parliament |
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| Communications and Information | |
| Chairperson | Tin Pei Ling |
| Deputy Chairperson | Alex Yam |
| Members | Christopher de Souza |
| Seah Kian Peng | |
| Jessica Tan | |
| Hany Soh | |
| Sharael Taha | |
| Culture, Community and Youth | |
| Chairperson | Sitoh Yih Pin |
| Deputy Chairperson | Darryl David |
| Members | Tin Pei Ling |
| Joan Pereira | |
| Fahmi Aliman | |
| Hany Soh | |
| Xie Yao Quan | |
| Defence and Foreign Affairs | |
| Chairperson | Vikram Nair |
| Deputy Chairperson | Alex Yam |
| Members | Chong Kee Hiong |
| Henry Kwek | |
| Don Wee | |
| Rachel Ong | |
| Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim | |
| Joan Pereira | |
| Education | |
| Chairperson | Patrick Tay |
| Deputy Chairperson | Darryl David |
| Members | Denise Phua |
| Foo Mee Har | |
| Mariam Jaafar | |
| Shawn Huang | |
| Wan Rizal | |
| Finance and Trade and Industry | |
| Chairperson | Liang Eng Hwa |
| Deputy Chairperson | Foo Mee Har |
| Members | Jessica Tan |
| Saktiandi Supaat | |
| Desmond Choo | |
| Derrick Goh | |
| Edward Chia | |
| Shawn Huang | |
| Mariam Jaafar | |
| Health | |
| Chairperson | Tan Wu Meng |
| Deputy Chairperson | Ng Ling Ling |
| Members | Lim Wee Kiak |
| Ang Wei Neng | |
| Wan Rizal | |
| Yip Hon Weng | |
| Mariam Jaafar | |
| Home Affairs and Law | |
| Chairperson | Murali Pillai |
| Deputy Chairperson | Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim |
| Members | Christopher de Souza |
| Sitoh Yih Pin | |
| Tan Wu Meng | |
| Vikram Nair | |
| Patrick Tay | |
| Derrick Goh | |
| Manpower | |
| Chairperson | Desmond Choo |
| Deputy Chairperson | Edward Chia |
| Members | Liang Eng Hwa |
| Sharael Taha | |
| Rachel Ong | |
| Yeo Wan Ling | |
| Yip Hon Weng | |
| National Development | |
| Chairperson | Cheryl Chan |
| Deputy Chairperson | Chong Kee Hiong |
| Members | Henry Kwek |
| Lim Biow Chuan | |
| Louis Ng | |
| Carrie Tan | |
| Nadia Ahmad Samdin | |
| Xie Yao Quan | |
| Social and Family Development | |
| Chairperson | Melvin Yong |
| Deputy Chairperson | vacant |
| Members | Denise Phua |
| Murali Pillai | |
| Tin Pei Ling | |
| Carrie Tan | |
| Fahmi Aliman | |
| Ng Ling Ling | |
| Sustainability and the Environment | |
| Chairperson | Louis Ng |
| Deputy Chairperson | Poh Li San |
| Members | Cheryl Chan |
| Gan Thiam Poh | |
| Lim Wee Kiak | |
| Nadia Ahmad Samdin | |
| Don Wee | |
| Transport | |
| Chairperson | Saktiandi Supaat |
| Deputy Chairperson | Melvin Yong |
| Members | Lim Biow Chuan |
| Ang Wei Neng | |
| Gan Thiam Poh | |
| Poh Li San | |
| Yeo Wan Ling |
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