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Ministry of Digital Development and Information

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Ministry of Digital Development and Information
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Agency overview
Formed8 July 2024; 23 months ago (2024-07-08)
Preceding agencies
  • Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA)
  • Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI)
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters140 Hill Street #01-01A, Old Hill Street Police Station, Singapore 179369
Employees2,651 (2018)[1]
Annual budgetS$1.04 billion (2019)[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
  • Joseph Leong,
    Permanent Secretary, Digital Development and Information
  • Chng Kai Fong,
    Permanent Secretary, Information and Development
  • Augustin Lee,
    Second Permanent Secretary, Smart Nation
  • Foo Kwok Jee,
    Chief of Government Communications
  • David Koh,
    Chief Executive of CSA and Chief of Digital Security and Technology
  • Poon Hong Yuen,
    Deputy Secretary, Digital Economy and International
  • Sim Feng Ji,
    Deputy Secretary, Digital Government
  • Gwenda Fong,
    Deputy Secretary, Digital Society and Development
Child agencies
Websitemddi.gov.sg
Agency IDT08GA0017L

Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI; Malay: Kementerian Penerangan dan Pembangunan Digital; Chinese: 数码发展及新闻部; Tamil: தகவல், மின்னிலக்க மேம்பாட்டு அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for overseeing the development of the infocomm technology, media and design sectors, as well as the government's information and public communication policies. It is also responsible for maintaining the national library, national archives and public libraries.

History

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File:MICA Building 13, Feb 06.JPG
The Old Hill Street Police Station is currently the headquarters of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information
File:MCI(SG) logo.png
Former logo of MCI until 2024

On 5 June 1959, the Ministry of Culture came into being with the swearing-in and appointments of ministers of the new Government of Singapore. On 1 February 1980, the Broadcasting Division of the Ministry of Culture became a statutory board, the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation.

1985 saw the dissolution of the Ministry of Culture. Its Information Division came under the new Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). Its arts promotion component was assimilated into the Ministry of Community Development (MCD) as the Cultural Affairs Division.

Five years later, on 28 November 1990, the Information Division of the MCI and the Cultural Affairs Division of MCD, together with other associated departments and statutory boards, reunited to form the Ministry of Information and the Arts (MITA).

On 1 September 1991, the Festival of Arts Secretariat, Singapore Cultural Foundation, the Arts Division of MITA, and the National Theatre Trust merged to form the National Arts Council (NAC).

On 1 October 1994, the Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) was formed as a statutory board under MITA to oversee and promote the broadcasting industry in Singapore.[2]

On 23 November 2001, the information and communications technology (ICT) functions under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology came under MITA. The expanded Ministry was renamed the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, but retained the acronym MITA. In that year, Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) became one of MITA's statutory boards.

On 1 January 2003, the Singapore Broadcasting Authority, Singapore Films Commission and Films and Publications Department (previously under the MITA headquarters) merged to form the Media Development Authority (MDA). On 13 August 2004, the Ministry's acronym was changed from "MITA" to "MICA".

On 1 November 2012, MICA was renamed the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). The move followed the restructuring of two previous ministries – MICA and the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) – into MCI, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) and the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). REACH (Reaching Everyone for Active Citizenry @ Home) was assimilated into MCI while the resilience, arts and heritage portfolios became part of MCCY. MCI oversees the development of the information and communications technology, media and design sectors, public libraries, and the Government's information and public communication policies.[3]

On 18 January 2016, MCI announced that the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Media Development Authority (MDA) will be restructured into two new entities: The Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the Government Technology Organisation (GTO) (now Government Technology Agency; GovTech), in the second half of 2016.[4] The new statutory boards were formed on 1 October 2016.

On 8 July 2024, MCI was renamed the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI). It aims to recognise a landscape where digital solutions will become more common.[5]

Organisational structure

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MDDI has two statutory boards, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the National Library Board (NLB).

MDDI also manages the Cyber Security Agency, a national agency overseeing cybersecurity strategy, operations, education, outreach, and ecosystem development and the Personal Data Protection Commission, Singapore's primary data protection authority.

Ministers

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

Minister for Culture (1959–1985)

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Minister Took office Left office Party Cabinet
S. Rajaratnam
MP for Kampong Glam
(1915–2006) 		5 June
1959 		12 August
1965 		PAP Lee K. I
Lee K. II
File:3x4.svg Othman Wok
MP for Pasir Panjang
(1924–2017) 		12 August
1965 		15 April
1968 		PAP
File:3x4.svg Jek Yeun Thong
MP for Queenstown
(1930–2018) 		16 April
1968 		25 September
1977 		PAP Lee K. III
Lee K. IV
Lee K. V
File:Ong Teng Cheong.jpg Ong Teng Cheong
MP for Kim Keat
(1936–2002)
Interim 		26 September
1977 		6 January
1981 		PAP
File:3x4.svg S. Dhanabalan
MP for Kallang
(born 1937) 		6 January
1981 		1 January
1985 		PAP Lee K. VI

Minister for Social Affairs (1963–1985)

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Minister Took office Left office Party Cabinet
File:3x4.svg Othman Wok
MP for Pasir Panjang
(1924–2017) 		19 October
1963 		30 June
1977 		PAP Lee K. V
File:3x4.svg Toh Chin Chye
MP for Rochore
(1921–2012)
Interim 		1 July
1977 		4 September
1977 		PAP
File:3x4.svg Ahmad Mattar[a]
MP for Brickworks
(born 1940) 		5 September
1977 		31 May
1984 		PAP
Lee K. VI
1 June
1984 		1 January
1985

Minister for Communications (1968–1985)

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Minister Took office Left office Party Cabinet
File:Yong Nyuk Lin (1965).jpg Yong Nyuk Lin
MP for Geylang West
(1918–2012) 		16 April
1968 		31 July
1975 		PAP Lee K. III
Lee K. IV
File:Lim Kim San in the 1940s.jpg Lim Kim San
MP for Cairnhill
(1916–2006) 		1 August
1975 		30 June
1978 		PAP
Lee K. V
File:Ong Teng Cheong.jpg Ong Teng Cheong
MP for Kim Keat
(1936–2002) 		1 July
1978 		8 May
1983 		PAP
Lee K. VI
File:3x4.svg Ong Pang Boon
MP for Telok Ayer
(born 1929) 		9 May
1983 		6 September
1983 		PAP
File:3x4.svg Yeo Ning Hong[b]
MP for Kim Seng
(born 1943) 		7 September
1983 		31 May
1984 		PAP
1 June
1984 		1 January
1985

Minister for Communications and Information (1985–1990)

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Minister Took office Left office Party Cabinet
File:3x4.svg Yeo Ning Hong
MP for Kim Seng SMC
(born 1943) 		2 January
1985 		27 November
1990 		PAP Lee K. VII
Lee K. VIII

Minister for Information and the Arts (1990–2001)

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Minister Took office Left office Party Cabinet
File:George Yeo by Michael Wuertenberg.jpg George Yeo[c]
MP for Aljunied GRC
(born 1954) 		28 November
1990 		30 June
1991 		PAP Goh I
1 July
1991 		2 June
1999
Goh II
Goh III
File:3x4.svg Lee Yock Suan
MP for Cheng San GRC
(born 1946) 		3 June
1999 		22 November
2001 		PAP

Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (2001–2012)

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Minister Took office Left office Party Cabinet
File:3x4.svg David Lim
MP for Aljunied GRC
Interim 		23 November
2001 		11 May
2003 		PAP Goh IV
File:Dr. Lee Boon Yang in New Delhi on January 25, 2005 (cropped).jpg Lee Boon Yang
MP for Jalan Besar GRC
(born 1947) 		12 May
2003 		31 March
2009 		PAP
Lee H. I
Lee H. II
File:Lui Tuck Yew giving the Partner of the Year award to Paul Daff of Jetstar Asia at the Changi Airline Awards, Singapore - 20120510 (version 2).jpg Lui Tuck Yew[d]
MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC
(born 1961) 		1 April
2009 		31 October
2010 		PAP
1 November
2010 		20 May
2011
File:Yaacob Ibrahim, Singapore - 20060722.jpg Yaacob Ibrahim
MP for Moulmein–Kallang GRC
(born 1955) 		21 May
2011 		31 October
2012 		PAP Lee H. III

Minister for Communications and Information (2012–2024)

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Minister Took office Left office Party Cabinet
File:Yaacob Ibrahim, Singapore - 20060722.jpg Yaacob Ibrahim
MP for Moulmein–Kallang GRC (until 2015) and Jalan Besar GRC (from 2015)
(born 1955) 		1 November
2012 		30 April
2018 		PAP Lee H. III
Lee H. IV
File:The Trade Minister of Singapore, Shri S. Iswaran meeting the Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, in New Delhi on October 03, 2016 (cropped).jpg S. Iswaran
MP for West Coast GRC
(born 1962) 		1 May
2018 		14 May
2021 		PAP
Lee H. V
File:Josephine Teo at AsiaTech X Artificial Intelligence (ATxAI), Capella Singapore, 31 May 2024 - cropped.jpg Josephine Teo
MP for Jalan Besar GRC
(born 1968) 		15 May
2021 		7 July
2024 		PAP
Wong I

Minister for Digital Development and Information (from 2024)

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Minister Took office Left office Party Cabinet
File:Josephine Teo at AsiaTech X Artificial Intelligence (ATxAI), Capella Singapore, 31 May 2024 - cropped.jpg Josephine Teo
MP for Jalan Besar GRC
(born 1968) 		8 July
2024 		Incumbent PAP Wong I
Wong II

Notes

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  1. ^ Ahmad Mattar served in an interim capacity from 5 September 1977 until 31 May 1984.
  2. ^ Yeo Ning Hong served in an interim capacity from 7 September 1983 until 31 May 1984.
  3. ^ George Yeo served in an interim capacity from 28 November 1990 until 30 June 1991.
  4. ^ Lui Tuck Yew served in an interim capacity from 1 April 2009 until 31 October 2010.

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