Indranee Rajah
Indranee Thurai Rajah SC (Tamil: இந்திராணி ராஜா, romanized: Intirāṇi Rājā; born 1963) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance since 2018, Second Minister for National Development and Leader of the House since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2015.
The Honourable Indranee Rajah SC | |
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| இந்திராணி ராஜா | |
Indranee at the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit | |
| Leader of the House | |
| Assumed office 24 August 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Deputy | Zaqy Mohamad |
| Preceded by | Grace Fu |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | |
| Assumed office 1 May 2018 Serving with Ng Chee Meng (2018–2020) Tan See Leng (2020–2021) Maliki Osman (2020–present) | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Chan Chun Sing (2015–2018) Josephine Teo (2017–2018) |
| Second Minister for National Development | |
| Assumed office 27 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Desmond Lee |
| Preceded by | Desmond Lee |
| Second Minister for Finance | |
| Assumed office 1 May 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Heng Swee Keat (2018–2021) Lawrence Wong (2021–present) |
| Second Minister for Education | |
| In office 1 May 2018 – 26 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Ong Ye Kung |
| Preceded by | Ng Eng Hen (2005) |
| Succeeded by | Maliki Osman |
| Second Minister for Law | |
| In office 1 May 2018 – 30 June 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | K. Shanmugam |
| Preceded by | S. Jayakumar (1988) |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Tong (2020) |
| Senior Minister of State for Finance | |
| In office 1 October 2015 – 30 April 2018 Serving with Sim Ann (2015–2016) | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Heng Swee Keat |
| Preceded by | Josephine Teo |
| Succeeded by | Chee Hong Tat (2022) |
| Senior Minister of State for Law | |
| In office 1 November 2012 – 30 April 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Ho Peng Kee |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Tong |
| Senior Minister of State for Education | |
| In office 1 November 2012 – 30 September 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Janil Puthucheary (2017) |
| Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore | |
| In office 8 November 2006 – 18 April 2011 Serving with Matthias Yao | |
| Speaker | Abdullah Tarmugi |
| Preceded by | S. Iswaran |
| Succeeded by | Seah Kian Peng |
| Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC (Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru) | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Majority | 32,470 (26.26%) |
| Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC (Tanglin–Cairnhill) | |
| In office 4 November 2001 – 11 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) State of Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Education | National University of Singapore (LLB) |
Prior to entering politics, Indranee was a lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Drew & Napier. She was appointed Senior Counsel in January 2003.
Indranee made her political debut in the 2001 general election as part of a six-member PAP team contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC and won. She was subsequently elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tanglin–Cairnhill ward of Tanjong Pagar GRC.
After the death of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on 23 March 2015, Indranee served as the MP for the Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru ward concurrently until the 2015 general election as no by-elections were called due to it being a group representation constituency (GRC). Since then, Indranee has been representing the Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru ward of Tanjong Pagar GRC.