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Indian-origin Lawyer Singapore's New Foreign Minister

  •   Wed, May 18 2011 05:34:42 PM

From Gurdip Singh

Singapore, May 18 (PTI) K Shanmugam, an Indian-origin lawyer was today appointed as Sigapore's new foreign affairs minister, as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong reshuffled his cabinet, with the party old guard making way for younger leaders.

Sweeping cabinet revamp was done after the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) suffered a major poll setback on May 7. The new cabinet will be sworn in on May 21.

 

The party old guard, led by his father Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong, both former prime ministers, are out of the new cabinet.

Lee appointed Tamil-origin lawyer K Shanmugam,52, as the new Foreign Affairs Minister.
  

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