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PAP cadres elect party’s post-GE2020 central executive committee

SINGAPORE — The People’s Action Party has elected its 36th central executive committee (CEC), including several of its prominent fourth-generation leaders in the current Cabinet.

National Development Minister Desmond Lee (left) and Education Minister Lawrence Wong were among 12 members elected by party cadres into the People's Action Party's central executive committee on Sunday, Nov 8, 2020.

National Development Minister Desmond Lee (left) and Education Minister Lawrence Wong were among 12 members elected by party cadres into the People's Action Party's central executive committee on Sunday, Nov 8, 2020.

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SINGAPORE — The People’s Action Party has elected its 36th central executive committee (CEC), including several of its prominent fourth-generation leaders in the current Cabinet.

The party’s CEC election, which took place on Sunday (Nov 8) following its first party conference since the General Election (GE), saw 12 members elected by party cadres and two members co-opted.

Notably, Education Minister Lawrence Wong, who has fronted Singapore’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic along with Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, was voted into the CEC by party members without having to be co-opted — as was the case in 2018.

Likewise, National Development Minister Desmond Lee was elected into the CEC without being co-opted. He, too, has a significant role in leading an economic task force to chart Singapore’s emergence from the crisis.

Mr Ng Chee Meng, the National Trades Union Congress chief who contested and lost in Sengkang Group Representation Constituency in the GE, was not elected, though he could be co-opted later on. Mr Ng was among those voted into the CEC by party cadres two years ago.

Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen, who was also co-opted in 2018, was again not elected into the CEC. Other Cabinet ministers who are not in the CEC for now are Mr S Iswaran, Dr Tan See Leng, Mr Edwin Tong and Dr Maliki Osman — all of whom had not served in the CEC before.

The CEC is the party’s top decision-making body and is elected by party members. Up to six CEC members can be co-opted into its ranks by the elected committee members, according to the party’s constitution.

The CEC is expected to meet later to decide on the office bearers and other members to be co-opted in the new committee.

 PAP's 36th CEC (names in alphabetical order)  PAP's 35th CEC (names in alphabetical order)
 ELECTED MEMBERS  ELECTED MEMBERS
 Chan Chun Sing  Chan Chun Sing (2nd Assistant Secretary-General)
 Desmond Lee  Gan Kim Yong (Chairman)
 Gan Kim Yong  Grace Fu (Organising Secretary)
 Grace Fu  Heng Swee Keat (first Assistant Secretary-General)
 Heng Swee Keat  Indranee Rajah (Member)
 K Shanmugam  K Shanmugam (Treasurer)
 Lawrence Wong  Lee Hsien Loong (Secretary-General)
 Lee Hsien Loong  Masagos Zulkifli (Vice Chairman)
 Masagos Zulkifli  Ng Chee Meng (Member)
 Ong Ye Kung  Ong Ye Kung (Assistant Treasurer)
 Tan Chuan-Jin  Tan Chuan-Jin
 Vivian Balakrishnan  Vivian Balakrishnan
 CO-OPTED MEMBERS  CO-OPTED MEMBERS
 Indranee Rajah  Christopher de Souza (Member)
 Josephine Teo  Desmond Lee (Organising Secretary)
   Josephine Teo (Member)
   Lawrence Wong (Member)
   Ng Eng Hen (Member)
   Sitoh Yih Pin (Member)

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