The Minister for Finance is an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore and heads the Ministry of Finance.Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who was Second Minister for Finance, took over the ministership on 2007-12-01 when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong relinquished the Finance post. The current Finance Minister is Heng Swee Keat. The Second Minister for Finance, Lawrence Wong, was appointed on 22 August 2016 during a change to the Cabinet to help Heng Swee Keat with operational responsibilities at the ministry.