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|office = [[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Minister in Prime Minister's Office]]
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Masagos Zulkifli
Masagos at a working lunch hosted by United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in The Pentagon in October 2006
Minister in Prime Minister's Office
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 April 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 April 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Second Minister for Home Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 April 2015
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Senior Parliamentary Secretary and Minister of State for Education
In office
2 June 2006 – 19 April 2011
Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 May 2006
Personal details
Born (1963-04-16) 16 April 1963 (age 61)
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materNanyang Technological University
National University of Singapore
University of Southern California

Masagos Zulkifli bin Masagos Mohamad (born 16 April 1963) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), as of 9 April 2015 he is a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and a Second Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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 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.[1]

Political career

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 general election that year.[2] He was 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. He was promoted to Minister of State in these ministries with effect from 1 November 2010.[1]

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

As of 9 April 2015, Masagos was appointed a full Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. This was the first time there were two full ministers of Malay descent in the Cabinet, the other being Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim. Masagos was also promoted to Second Minister for Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs.[3] Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Masagos' elevation to full minister reflected the "progress of the Malay community".[4] 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".[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Mr MASAGOS Zulkifli, Prime Minister's Office (Singapore), 10 April 2015, archived from the original on 10 April 2015.
  2. ^ Current MPs, Channel NewsAsia, retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
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