Gan Kim Yong to become deputy prime minister in Cabinet reshuffle
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Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong will be promoted to deputy prime minister (DPM) after a Cabinet reshuffle on Monday (May 13). Gan, who has been the Minister for Trade and Industry since 2021, will serve alongside Heng Swee Keat, who was appoGan Kim Yong to become deputy prime minister in Cabinet reshuffle
Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong will be promoted to deputy prime minister (DPM) after a Cabinet reshuffle on Monday (May 13). Gan, who has been the Minister for Trade and Industry since 2021, will serve alongside Heng Swee Keat, who was appointed DPM in 2019. He will be Acting Prime Minister in the absence of the Prime Minister, reported CNA. The 65-year-old will also take over as chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore from DPM Lawrence Wong and assume responsibility for the Strategy Group within the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Gan was also the Minister of Health from 2011 to 2021. He co-chaired the Covid-19 multi-Ministry taskforce with DPM Wong and current health minister Ong Ye Kung, where he directed and coordinated Singapore’s response to the pandemic. On Monday, PM Lee Hsien Loong announced his resignation in a letter to President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. In his letter, he said that he wanted to hand over the reins by his 70th birthday, but his plans were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.