Who will be Singapore's next Minister for Finance?

Some names emerge as most likely candidates, but watchers warn against discounting 'counter-intuitive' choices

Sharon See

Published Sat, Apr 10, 2021 · 05:50 AM

Singapore

MUCH of the scrutiny is on Singapore's next prime minister, but for the business community, the more immediate question is over the next finance minister.

This comes a day after Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Heng Swee Keat's announcement that he is taking himself out of the running as Singapore's next prime minister and leader of the fourth-generation (4G) ministers while also relinquishing his finance portfolio at the upcoming cabinet reshuffle.

Four potential names have emerged as most likely to take over as finance minister in the reshuffle set to take place in two weeks, but watchers told The Business Times that "counter-intuitive" choices should not be discounted.

While observers were mostly in agreement about the potential candidates, they were divided on who the most likely c…