Post: | Leader |
Body: | the House |
Insigniasize: | 100px |
Incumbent: | Indranee Rajah |
Incumbentsince: | 24 August 2020 |
Termlength: | No term limit |
Department: | Parliament of Singapore |
Style: |
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Appointer: | Prime Minister of Singapore |
Nominator: | Prime Minister of Singapore |
First: | Toh Chin Chye |
The leader of the House is a position responsible for arranging government business in the Parliament of Singapore.[1] The leader of the House initiate motions concerning the business of the House during parliamentary sittings, such as actions to be taken on procedural matters and extending sitting times.
The incumbent leader of the House is Tanjong Pagar GRC MP, Indranee Rajah, while Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC MP, Zaqy Mohamad serving as the deputy leader of the House.
Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Parliament | ||
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Toh Chin Chye | 1959 | 1968 | PAP | 2nd LA | |||
3rd LA | |||||||
1st | |||||||
Edmund W. Barker | 1968 | 1985 | PAP | 2nd | |||
3rd | |||||||
4th | |||||||
5th | |||||||
S. Dhanabalan | 1985 | 1987 | PAP | 6th | |||
Wong Kan Seng | 1987 | 2007 | PAP | ||||
7th | |||||||
8th | |||||||
9th | |||||||
10th | |||||||
11th | |||||||
Mah Bow Tan | 2007 | 2011 | PAP | ||||
Ng Eng Hen | 2011 | 2015 | PAP | 12th | |||
Grace Fu | 2015 | 2020 | PAP | 13th | |||
Indranee Rajah | 2020 | Incumbent | PAP | 14th |
Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Parliament | ||
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Mah Bow Tan | 2002 | 2007 | PAP | 10th | |||
11th | |||||||
Ng Eng Hen | 2007 | 2011 | PAP | ||||
Heng Chee How | 2011 | 2015 | PAP | 12th | |||
Desmond Lee | 2015 | 2020 | PAP | 13th | |||
Zaqy Mohamad | 2020 | Incumbent | PAP | 14th |