The Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs is an appointment in the

Cabinet of Singapore The Cabinet of Singapore forms the executive branch of the Government of Singapore together with the President. It is led by the Prime Minister who is the head of government. The prime minister is a Member of Parliament (MP) appointed by the ...

that oversees policies and issues related to the Muslim community in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

. The minister-in-charge of muslim affairs also oversee the ''

Administration of Muslim Law Act The ''Administration of Muslim Law Act'' is a 1966 Act of the Parliament of Singapore. According to an article published The Straits Times ''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and curr ...

'' (AMLA). The incumbent minister is

Masagos Zulkifli Masagos Zulkifli bin Masagos Mohamad ( Jawi: ماسڬوس ذوالكفل; born 1963) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health since 2020, Minister-in-charge ...

. Ahmad Mattar was appointed as the first Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs in 1977. Before this position was created, then-Minister for Social Affairs and Sports, Othman Wok and then-Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, A. Rahim Ishak were put in charge of the administration of Muslim affairs in the country.

List of ministers-in-charge

References

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