The Minister for Home Affairs is an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore. Formed in 1970, it replaced the post of Minister for the Interior and Defence with the split of the Ministry of the Interior and Defence into the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Home Affairs. The current Minister for Home Affairs is K Shanmugam.[1]
| Minister | Start of Term | End of Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ong Pang Boon | 3 June 1959 | 15 September 1963 | |
| ? | 16 September 1963 | 8 August 1965 | Under the responsibility of the Federation of Malaysia |
| Goh Keng Swee | 9 August 1965 | 16 August 1967 | Served as Minister for Interior and Defence |
| Lim Kim San | 17 August 1967 | 10 August 1970 | |
| Ong Pang Boon | 11 August 1970 | 5 September 1970 | |
| Wong Lin Ken | 6 September 1970 | 15 September 1972 | |
| Edmund William Barker | 16 September 1972 | 30 October 1972 | |
| Chua Sian Chin | 1 November 1972 | 1 January 1985 | |
| S Jayakumar | 2 January 1985 | 1 January 1994 | |
| Wong Kan Seng | 2 January 1994 | 31 October 2010 | |
| K Shanmugam | 1 November 2010 | 20 May 2011 | |
| Teo Chee Hean | 21 May 2011 | 30 September 2015 | |
| K Shanmugam | 1 October 2015 | Incumbent |
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