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Two MPs promoted to political office
The Straits Times
|May 14, 2024
Murali Pillai to be minister of state; Shawn Huang to be senior parliamentary secretary
Bukit Batok MP Murali Pillai, 56, will be appointed minister of state for law and transport from July 1.
He is one of two backbench MPs who will become political officeholders in the new Cabinet line-up announced by Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at a press conference at the Istana on May 13.
Jurong GRC MP Shawn Huang, 41, will be promoted to senior parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Finance.
The other promotions in the new line-up include Ms Low Yen Ling, who will be promoted from Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth, and Trade and Industry, to senior minister of state for the same portfolios.
She will also continue as Mayor of South West District.
Minister of State Desmond Tan will move up a rung to senior minister of state. He will remain in the Prime Minister's Office, as well as the National Trades Union Congress, where he is now deputy secretary-general.
Senior Parliamentary Secretary Rahayu Mahzam will be promoted to minister of state.
Mr Murali, a senior counsel and partner with law firm Rajah & Tann, told The Straits Times he is honoured to be invited to serve in the Government.
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