SINGAPORE – First-year backbenchers Foo Cexiang and Shawn Loh will take political office following a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on July 22.
Foo, who is a first-term MP in Tanjong Pagar GRC, will be Minister of State for Manpower and Trade and Industry from September 2026. He joins existing Minister of State for Manpower Dinesh Vasu Dash in the ministry.
Loh, who is also a first-term MP in Jalan Besar GRC, will be Minister of State at the Education and Health Ministries from January 2027.
Both had entered politics at the 2025 General Election.
“They have made a good start as MPs,” noted PM Wong, as he announced a slew of changes to the Cabinet during a press conference at the National Press Centre.
“I am bringing them into Government now, so they can gain experience and develop further, while we continue to build the next generation of leaders.”
Foo, a civil servant for over a decade, was a former director at the Transport Ministry, where he oversaw private and future mobility. Loh was also a senior civil servant, who was most recently director of security and resilience programmes at the Finance Ministry.
Their appointments mean that all six senior civil servants fielded by the People’s Action Party in the last election now hold political office. The other four are Jeffrey Siow, Dinesh Vasu Dash, Jasmin Lau and Goh Han Yan.
In his 14 months as MP, Foo has worked with residents on projects such as a recycling trial in Tiong Bahru and a participatory budgeting project in Spottiswoode Park estate, which allows them more say in how funds are allocated for neighbourhood improvements.
In a Facebook post, Foo said he was excited to return to Government with the experience he amassed at port operator PSA Singapore, where he has been vice-president for port ecosystem development since April 2025.
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