Ministry of Social and Family Development

MSF was formed on 1 November 2012, after it was announced on 31 July 2012 that the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports would be restructured. Several portfolios, including youth and sports development, charity governance and REACH, the Government's feedback unit, were taken over by two other new Ministries - Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and Ministry of Communications and Information.^[2]

One of MSF's immediate priorities was to re-examine public policies to help get Singaporeans to marry and have their first child earlier. In addition, MSF would work on strengthening the social safety net to better help those in need, especially those who are at risk.^[3]

• National Council of Social Service
• National Council on Problem Gambling

In June 2018, the Save The Children organisation's End of Childhood report ranked Singapore as the best country for children to grow up in. Its ranking methodology is based on eight indicators - under-five mortality rate, child stunting, out-of-school children and youth, child labour, child marriage, adolescent birth rate, child homicide rate and population displaced by conflict.^[4][5]

The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Social and Family Development, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore.

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Minister			Took office	Left office	Party	Cabinet
		Chan Chun Sing[a][6] MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC (born 1969)	1 November 2012	31 August 2013	PAP	Lee H. III
			1 September 2013	9 April 2015
		Tan Chuan-Jin[7] MP for Marine Parade GRC (born 1969)	9 April 2015	10 September 2017	PAP
						Lee H. IV
		Desmond Lee[8] MP for Jurong GRC (born 1976)	11 September 2017	26 July 2020	PAP
		Masagos Zulkifli[9] MP for Tampines GRC (born 1963)	27 July 2020	Incumbent	PAP	Lee H. V
						Wong I
						Wong II

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