Core 4G leaders elected into PAP's top decision-making body, chairman Gan Kim Yong steps down
The newly elected PAP CEC (from left): Mrs Josephine Teo, Mr Ong Ye Kung, Ms Indranee Rajah, Mr Desmond Lee, Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Mr Heng Swee Keat, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Mr Lawrence Wong, Mr Chan Chun Sing, Mrs Grace Fu, Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan and Mr Edwin Tong.
The party unveiled its 37th central executive committee, which was elected by around 3,000 party members through a secret ballot, at its biennial CEC election at Resorts World Sentosa Convention Centre.
In no particular order, the members who got the highest votes were:
- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
- Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
- Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat
- Education Minister Chan Chun Sing
- Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli
- Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam
- Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu
- Minister for National Development Desmond Lee
- Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Rajah
- Health Minister Ong Ye Kung
- Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin
- Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong and Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo garnered the 13th and 14th highest votes and were co-opted into the CEC.
The party posts will be announced after the committee meets which, based on previous years, would be around two weeks later, a PAP spokesperson told TODAY.
