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{{short description|Singaporean politician}}
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|caption = Masagos at a working lunch hosted by [[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] in [[The Pentagon]] in October 2006
|office = [[Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources|Minister for the Environment and Water Resources]]
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| caption = Masagos in 2021
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|religion = [[Islam in Singapore|Islam]]
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| alongside7 = [[S. Iswaran]]
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| successor7 = [[Desmond Lee (Singaporean politician)|Desmond Lee]] (2017)
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| majority8 = 46,742 (32.82%)
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'''Masagos Zulkifli bin Masagos Mohamad''' (born 16 April 1963) is a [[Singapore]]an politician. A member of the country's governing [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), he is Singapore's [[Minister for the Environment and Water Resources (Singapore)|Minister for]] [[Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (Singapore)|the Environment and Water Resources]], a post which he has been serving since October 2015. He has also served as a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) since 2006, representing the ward of Tampines West in [[Tampines Group Representation Constituency]] (GRC).
'''Masagos Zulkifli bin Masagos Mohamad''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: ماسڬوس ذوالكفل; born 16 April 1963)<ref name="Parliament Profile" /><ref name="CV" /> is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing [[People's Action Party]] (PAP), he has been serving as [[Ministry of Social and Family Development|Minister for Social and Family Development]] and [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Second Minister for Health]] since 2020, [[Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs]] and serves as the Vice Chairman in the party Central Executive Committee (CEC) since 2018 and had been the [[Parliament of Singapore|Member of Parliament]] (MP) representing the Tampines West division of [[Tampines Group Representation Constituency|Tampines GRC]] since 2006.


Before joining politics, Masagos was an [[Electrical engineering|electrical engineer]] and had held key positions in [[Singtel]]. He made his debut in the political scene after winning the [[2006 Singaporean general election|2006 general election]] as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Tampines GRC. Since then, he has won three subsequent elections and has held various positions in the ministries of [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Home Affairs]], [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)|Foreign Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Health]]. On 9 April 2015, Masagos was appointed [[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Minister in the Prime Minister's Office]]. His appointment marked the first time in Singaporean history when there were two [[Malay Singaporean|Malay]] ministers in the Cabinet. On 1 October 2015, Masagos took up the portfolio of [[Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment|Minister for Environment and Water Resources]].
==Early life, education and career==
Masagos was born on 16 April 1963 and had his early education at [[Bukit Panjang Government High School]] and [[National Junior College]]. Subsequently, he graduated in 1988 with a [[Bachelor of Engineering]] (B.Eng.) degree from [[Nanyang Technological University]] with First Class Honours, majoring in [[electrical engineering|electrical]] and [[electronic engineering]], and in 1994 with a [[Master of Science]] (M.Sc.) in Electrical Engineering from the [[National University of Singapore]]. His first job was with Singapore Telecommunications Limited (now [[Singtel]]) in 1988; a SingTel Postgraduate Scholarship enabled him to take a [[Masters of Business Administration]] (M.B.A.) from the [[University of Southern California]] in 1995. He was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of SingTel Global Offices.<ref name="PMO">{{citation|title=Mr MASAGOS Zulkifli|url=http://www.pmo.gov.sg/cabinet/mr-masagos-zulkifli|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410172637/http://www.pmo.gov.sg/cabinet/mr-masagos-zulkifli|archivedate=10 April 2015|publisher=[[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)]]|date=10 April 2015}}.</ref>


== Background ==
==Political career==
Masagos was educated at [[Bukit Panjang Government High School]] and [[National Junior College]] before he went to [[Nanyang Technological University]], where he graduated in 1988 with a [[Bachelor of Engineering]] (First Class Honours), majoring in [[electrical engineering|electrical]] and [[electronic engineering]]. In 1994, he obtained a [[Master of Science]] in electrical engineering from the [[National University of Singapore]]. His first job was with [[Singtel]] in 1988. In 1995, he completed a [[Master of Business Administration]] at the [[University of Southern California]] on a postgraduate scholarship awarded by Singtel. He was later appointed Chief Executive Officer of SingTel Global Offices.<ref name="PMO">{{citation|title=Mr MASAGOS Zulkifli|url=http://www.pmo.gov.sg/cabinet/mr-masagos-zulkifli|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410172637/http://www.pmo.gov.sg/cabinet/mr-masagos-zulkifli|archive-date=10 April 2015|publisher=[[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)]]|date=10 April 2015}}.</ref>
Masagos left the private sector for politics in 2006, after being elected as one of the five Members of Parliament representing the [[Tampines Group Representation Constituency]] in the [[Singaporean general election, 2006|general election that year]].<ref>{{citation|title=Current MPs|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/specialreports/parliament/currentmps|publisher=[[Channel NewsAsia]]|accessdate=11 April 2015}}.</ref> He was appointed Senior Parliamentary Secretary in the [[Ministry of Education (Singapore)|Ministry of Education]] on 2 June 2006, and concurrently Senior Parliamentary Secretary in the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] on 1 April 2008. He was promoted to Minister of State in these ministries with effect from 1 November 2010.<ref name="PMO"/>


== Political career ==
[[File:Defense.gov News Photo 061017-D-9880W-036.jpg|thumb|left|Masagos ''(back, second from left)'', then Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education, at a working lunch hosted by [[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] in [[The Pentagon]] on 17 October 2006. With him are ''(left to right)'' the Defence Attaché in [[Embassy of Singapore, Washington, D.C.|Singapore's U.S. Embassy]] Brig.-Gen. Richard Keng Yong Lim, Singapore's Ambassador to the U.S. [[Chan Heng Chee]], and [[Minister Mentor]] [[Lee Kuan Yew]].]]
Masagos made his debut in politics in the [[2006 Singaporean general election|2006 general election]] when he contested as part of a five-member [[People's Action Party]] team in [[Tampines Group Representation Constituency|Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC)]].<ref>{{citation|title=Current MPs|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/specialreports/parliament/currentmps|publisher=[[Channel NewsAsia]]|access-date=11 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401100213/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/specialreports/parliament/currentmps|archive-date=1 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}.</ref> The PAP team won about 68% of the vote, and Masagos became a Member of Parliament representing the Tampines West ward of Tampines GRC. He was subsequently appointed [[Parliamentary secretary|Senior Parliamentary Secretary]] in the [[Ministry of Education (Singapore)|Ministry of Education]] on 2 June 2006, and concurrently Senior Parliamentary Secretary in the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] on 1 April 2008. On 1 November 2010, he was promoted to [[Minister of State#Minor government ranks|Minister of State]] in these two ministries.<ref name="PMO"/>


[[File:Defense.gov News Photo 061017-D-9880W-036.jpg|thumb|left|Masagos ''(back, second from left)'', then Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education, at a working lunch hosted by [[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] in [[The Pentagon]] on 17 October 2006. With him are ''(left to right)'' [[Embassy of Singapore, Washington, D.C.|Singapore Embassy]] [[Military attaché|Defence Attaché]] Brigadier-General Richard Keng Yong Lim, [[List of ambassadors of Singapore to the United States|Singapore Ambassador to the United States]] [[Chan Heng Chee]], and [[Minister Mentor]] [[Lee Kuan Yew]].]]
Masagos was re-elected in the [[Singaporean general election, 2011|2011 general election]], and on 21 May 2011 appointed Minister of State for Home Affairs and [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)|Foreign Affairs]]. On 1 August 2012 he was promoted to Senior Minister of State in these ministries.<ref name="PMO"/>


Masagos was re-elected in Tampines GRC in the [[2011 Singaporean general election|2011 general election]]. On 21 May 2011, he was appointed Minister of State for Home Affairs and [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)|Foreign Affairs]]. On 1 August 2012, he was promoted to Senior Minister of State in these two ministries.<ref name="PMO"/>
As of 9 April 2015, Masagos was appointed a full Minister in the [[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Prime Minister's Office]]. This was the first time there were two full ministers of [[Malay Singaporean|Malay descent]] in the [[Cabinet of Singapore|Cabinet]], the other being [[Ministry of Communications and Information|Minister for Communications and Information]] [[Yaacob Ibrahim]]. Masagos was also promoted to Second Minister for Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs.<ref>{{citation|title=Press Statement from the Prime Minister on Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments|url=http://www.pmo.gov.sg/mediacentre/press-statement-prime-minister-changes-cabinet-and-other-appointments-4|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410104241/http://www.pmo.gov.sg/mediacentre/press-statement-prime-minister-changes-cabinet-and-other-appointments-4|archivedate=10 April 2015|publisher=Prime Minister's Office|date=8 April 2015}}; {{citation|author=Fiona Chan|title=Masagos promoted to full minister in Cabinet changes: Chun Sing to be labour chief in May, Swee Say to helm Manpower|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]|date=9 April 2015|page=A1}}.</ref> [[Prime Minister of Singapore|Prime Minister]] [[Lee Hsien Loong]] said Masagos' elevation to full minister reflected the "progress of the Malay community".<ref>{{citation|author=Neo Chai Chin|title=Masagos promoted in Cabinet reshuffle: Presence for the first time of two Malay-Muslim full Ministers in Cabinet 'shows progress of community'|url=http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/masagos-promoted-cabinet-reshuffle|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410161148/http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/masagos-promoted-cabinet-reshuffle|archivedate=10 April 2015|newspaper=[[Today (Singapore newspaper)|Today]]|date=9 April 2015|pages=1–2}}.</ref> Masagos himself said he was honoured to have been appointed and that "[h]aving two Malay full ministers in the Cabinet for the first time in our nation's history reflects the [Government's] trust and recognition of the good progress made by the Malay-Muslim community".<ref>{{citation|author=Siau Ming En|author2=Neo Chai Chin|title=Promotion hailed as sign of Malay community's progress: It dispels perception that there can be only one Malay minister at any one time|url=http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/promotion-hailed-sign-malay-communitys-progress|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410175656/http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/promotion-hailed-sign-malay-communitys-progress|archivedate=10 April 2015|newspaper=Today|date=9 April 2015|page=2}}.</ref>


On 9 April 2015, Masagos was promoted to the rank of full Minister but [[Minister without portfolio|did not have a portfolio]] yet, so he was a [[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Minister in the Prime Minister's Office]]. This was the first time in Singaporean history when there were two [[Malay Singaporean|Malay]] ministers in the [[Cabinet of Singapore|Cabinet]], the other being [[Yaacob Ibrahim]]. Masagos was also promoted to Second Minister for Home Affairs and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, and was put in charge of leading the PAP team in Tampines GRC.<ref>{{citation|title=Press Statement from the Prime Minister on Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments|url=http://www.pmo.gov.sg/mediacentre/press-statement-prime-minister-changes-cabinet-and-other-appointments-4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410104241/http://www.pmo.gov.sg/mediacentre/press-statement-prime-minister-changes-cabinet-and-other-appointments-4|archive-date=10 April 2015|publisher=Prime Minister's Office|date=8 April 2015}}; {{citation|author=Fiona Chan|title=Masagos promoted to full minister in Cabinet changes: Chun Sing to be labour chief in May, Swee Say to helm Manpower|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]|date=9 April 2015|page=A1}}.</ref> On the same day, [[Prime Minister of Singapore|Prime Minister]] [[Lee Hsien Loong]] said that Masagos's elevation to full Minister reflected the "progress of the Malay community" in Singapore.<ref>{{citation|author=Neo Chai Chin|title=Masagos promoted in Cabinet reshuffle: Presence for the first time of two Malay-Muslim full Ministers in Cabinet 'shows progress of community'|url=http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/masagos-promoted-cabinet-reshuffle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410161148/http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/masagos-promoted-cabinet-reshuffle|archive-date=10 April 2015|newspaper=[[Today (Singapore newspaper)|Today]]|date=9 April 2015|pages=1–2}}.</ref> Masagos also said that he was honoured to have been appointed and that "[h]aving two Malay full ministers in the Cabinet for the first time in our nation's history reflects the [Government's] trust and recognition of the good progress made by the Malay-Muslim community".<ref>{{citation|author=Siau Ming En|author2=Neo Chai Chin|title=Promotion hailed as sign of Malay community's progress: It dispels perception that there can be only one Malay minister at any one time|url=http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/promotion-hailed-sign-malay-communitys-progress|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410175656/http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/promotion-hailed-sign-malay-communitys-progress|archive-date=10 April 2015|newspaper=Today|date=9 April 2015|page=2}}.</ref>
On 28 September 2015, it was announced that Masagos will be the [[Ministry of Environment and Water Resources (Singapore)|Minister for Environment and Water Resources]] from 1 October 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/prime-minister-lee-hsien/2154802.html | title=Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet | publisher=Channel NewsAsia | date=28 September 2015 | accessdate=28 September 2015}}</ref>


On 1 October 2015, Masagos took up the portfolio of [[Minister for the Environment and Water Resources (Singapore)|Minister for Environment and Water Resources]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/prime-minister-lee-hsien/2154802.html | title=Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet | publisher=Channel NewsAsia | date=28 September 2015 | access-date=28 September 2015 | archive-date=21 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143256/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/prime-minister-lee-hsien-loong-announces-singapore-s-new-cabinet-8239284 | url-status=live }}</ref> From 1 May 2018, he was given an additional appointment as [[Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs]], taking over from [[Yaacob Ibrahim]]. On 27 July 2020, he changed his portfolio to [[Ministry of Social and Family Development|Minister for Social and Family Development]] and took up an additional portfolio as [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Second Minister for Health]], while concurrently holding the position of Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/cabinet-to-have-two-malay-full-ministers-as-masagos-takes-charge-of-msf-and-maliki-moves-up | title=New Cabinet line-up: Six office-holders each from Malay, Indian communities | publisher=The Straits Times | date=27 July 2020 | access-date=28 April 2021 | archive-date=31 Oct 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031105300/https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/cabinet-to-have-two-malay-full-ministers-as-masagos-takes-charge-of-msf-and-maliki-moves-up | url-status=live }}</ref> From July 2023, Masagos took over [[Cheng Li Hui]]’s formal duties at Tampines East Division in Tampines GRC after her resignation following an extramarital affair.
==References==

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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Masagos Zulkifli}}
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* [https://www.pmo.gov.sg/cabinet/Mr-MASAGOS-Zulkifli Masagos Zulkifli] on Prime Minister's Office

*[http://www.parliament.gov.sg/mp/masagos-zulkifli-bin-masagos-mohamad Profile of Masagos Zulkifli on the Parliament of Singapore website]
* [https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps/list-of-current-mps/mp/details/masagos-zulkifli-bin-masagos-mohamad Masagos Zulkifli] on [[Parliament of Singapore]]


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Latest revision as of 14:00, 13 August 2024

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Masagos Mohamad is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Masagos Zulkifli.
The Honourable
Masagos Zulkifli
ماسڬوس ذوالكفل
Masagos in 2021
Vice-Chairman of the People's Action Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 November 2018
Secretary-GeneralLee Hsien Loong
ChairmanGan Kim Yong
(2018–2022)
Heng Swee Keat
(since 2022)
Minister for Social and Family Development
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
Preceded byDesmond Lee
Second Minister for Health
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
MinisterGan Kim Yong (until 2021)
Ong Ye Kung (from 2021)
Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 May 2018
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Lawrence Wong
Preceded byYaacob Ibrahim
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
In office
1 October 2015 – 26 July 2020
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byVivian Balakrishnan
Succeeded byGrace Fu
(as Minister for Sustainability and Environment)
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
In office
9 April 2015 – 30 September 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Succeeded byJosephine Teo
Desmond Lee
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
9 April 2015 – 30 September 2015
Serving with Grace Fu
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterK Shanmugam
Succeeded byJosephine Teo
Second Minister for Home Affairs
In office
9 April 2015 – 30 September 2015
Serving with S. Iswaran
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
MinisterTeo Chee Hean
Preceded byK. Shanmugam
Succeeded byDesmond Lee (2017)
Member of Parliament
for Tampines GRC
(Tampines West)
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 May 2006
Preceded byYatiman Yusof (PAP)
Majority46,742 (32.82%)
Personal details
Born (1963-04-16) 16 April 1963 (age 61)[1][2]
Colony of Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materNanyang Technological University
National University of Singapore
University of Southern California

Masagos Zulkifli bin Masagos Mohamad (Jawi: ماسڬوس ذوالكفل; born 16 April 1963)[1][2] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been serving as Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health since 2020, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs and serves as the Vice Chairman in the party Central Executive Committee (CEC) since 2018 and had been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tampines West division of Tampines GRC since 2006.

Before joining politics, Masagos was an electrical engineer and had held key positions in Singtel. He made his debut in the political scene after winning the 2006 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Tampines GRC. Since then, he has won three subsequent elections and has held various positions in the ministries of Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Health. On 9 April 2015, Masagos was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. His appointment marked the first time in Singaporean history when there were two Malay ministers in the Cabinet. On 1 October 2015, Masagos took up the portfolio of Minister for Environment and Water Resources.

Background

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Masagos was educated at Bukit Panjang Government High School and National Junior College before he went to Nanyang Technological University, where he graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours), majoring in electrical and electronic engineering. In 1994, he obtained a Master of Science in electrical engineering from the National University of Singapore. His first job was with Singtel in 1988. In 1995, he completed a Master of Business Administration at the University of Southern California on a postgraduate scholarship awarded by Singtel. He was later appointed Chief Executive Officer of SingTel Global Offices.[3]

Political career

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Masagos made his debut in politics in the 2006 general election when he contested as part of a five-member People's Action Party team in Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC).[4] The PAP team won about 68% of the vote, and Masagos became a Member of Parliament representing the Tampines West ward of Tampines GRC. He was subsequently appointed Senior Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education on 2 June 2006, and concurrently Senior Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs on 1 April 2008. On 1 November 2010, he was promoted to Minister of State in these two ministries.[3]

Masagos (back, second from left), then Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education, at a working lunch hosted by United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in The Pentagon on 17 October 2006. With him are (left to right) Singapore Embassy Defence Attaché Brigadier-General Richard Keng Yong Lim, Singapore Ambassador to the United States Chan Heng Chee, and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew.

Masagos was re-elected in Tampines GRC in the 2011 general election. On 21 May 2011, he was appointed Minister of State for Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs. On 1 August 2012, he was promoted to Senior Minister of State in these two ministries.[3]

On 9 April 2015, Masagos was promoted to the rank of full Minister but did not have a portfolio yet, so he was a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. This was the first time in Singaporean history when there were two Malay ministers in the Cabinet, the other being Yaacob Ibrahim. Masagos was also promoted to Second Minister for Home Affairs and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, and was put in charge of leading the PAP team in Tampines GRC.[5] On the same day, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that Masagos's elevation to full Minister reflected the "progress of the Malay community" in Singapore.[6] Masagos also said that he was honoured to have been appointed and that "[h]aving two Malay full ministers in the Cabinet for the first time in our nation's history reflects the [Government's] trust and recognition of the good progress made by the Malay-Muslim community".[7]

On 1 October 2015, Masagos took up the portfolio of Minister for Environment and Water Resources.[8] From 1 May 2018, he was given an additional appointment as Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, taking over from Yaacob Ibrahim. On 27 July 2020, he changed his portfolio to Minister for Social and Family Development and took up an additional portfolio as Second Minister for Health, while concurrently holding the position of Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs.[9] From July 2023, Masagos took over Cheng Li Hui’s formal duties at Tampines East Division in Tampines GRC after her resignation following an extramarital affair.

References

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  1. ^ a b "PARL | MP". www.parliament.gov.sg.
  2. ^ a b "Parliament of Singapore : MP Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad's CV". Parliament of Singapore. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Mr MASAGOS Zulkifli, Prime Minister's Office (Singapore), 10 April 2015, archived from the original on 10 April 2015.
  4. ^ Current MPs, Channel NewsAsia, archived from the original on 1 April 2015, retrieved 11 April 2015.
  5. ^ Press Statement from the Prime Minister on Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments, Prime Minister's Office, 8 April 2015, archived from the original on 10 April 2015; Fiona Chan (9 April 2015), "Masagos promoted to full minister in Cabinet changes: Chun Sing to be labour chief in May, Swee Say to helm Manpower", The Straits Times, p. A1.
  6. ^ Neo Chai Chin (9 April 2015), "Masagos promoted in Cabinet reshuffle: Presence for the first time of two Malay-Muslim full Ministers in Cabinet 'shows progress of community'", Today, pp. 1–2, archived from the original on 10 April 2015.
  7. ^ Siau Ming En; Neo Chai Chin (9 April 2015), "Promotion hailed as sign of Malay community's progress: It dispels perception that there can be only one Malay minister at any one time", Today, p. 2, archived from the original on 10 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. 28 September 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  9. ^ "New Cabinet line-up: Six office-holders each from Malay, Indian communities". The Straits Times. 27 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
2015
Served alongside: Lim Swee Say, S. Iswaran, Grace Fu, Chan Chun Sing 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
2015 – 2020 		Succeeded byas Minister for Sustainability and the Environment
Preceded by Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs
2018 – present 		Incumbent
Preceded by Minister for Social and Family Development
2020 – present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
New office
 Second Minister for Health
2020 – present 		Incumbent
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by
Yatiman Yusof
 Member of Parliament for
Tampines GRC (Tampines West)
2006 – present 		Incumbent

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