LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday appointed key ministers to his government after replacing Liz Truss as leader earlier in the day.
Below are the main Cabinet and ministerial appointments:
POSITION MINISTER APPOINTED PREVIOUS
MINISTER
Chancellor of the Jeremy Hunt
Exchequer (finance (re-appointed)
minister)
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly
(re-appointed)
Leader of the House of Penny Mordaunt
Commons (re-appointed)
Home Secretary Suella Braverman Grant Shapps
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab Therese Coffey
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace
(re-appointed)
Justice Secretary Dominic Raab Brandon Lewis
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan Kit Malthouse
Chancellor of the Oliver Dowden Nadhim Zahawi
Duchy of Lancaster
COP26 President Alok Sharma
(re-appointed)
Business, Energy and Grant Shapps Jacob Rees-Mogg
Industrial Strategy
Secretary
Minister without Nadhim Zahawi Jake Berry
portfolio and
Conservative Party
Chairman
Chief whip Simon Hart Wendy Morton
Minister for Kemi Badenoch Nadhim Zahawi
Equalities
International Trade Kemi Badenoch
Secretary (re-appointed)
Levelling Up, Housing Michael Gove Simon Clarke
and Communities
Secretary
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Digital, Culture, Michelle Donelan
Media and Sport (re-appointed)
Secretary
Environment Secretary Therese Coffey Ranil
Jayawardena
Health Secretary Steve Barclay Therese Coffey
Secretary of State for Chris
Northern Ireland Heaton-Harris
(re-appointed)
Secretary of State for David Davies Robert Buckland
Wales
Secretary of State for Alister Jack
Scotland (re-appointed)
Paymaster General and Jeremy Quin Chris Philp
Minister for the
Cabinet Office
Transport Secretary Mark Harper Anne-Marie
Trevelyan
Attorney General Victoria Prentis Michael Ellis
Work and Pensions Mel Stride Chloe Smith
Secretary
Minister without Gavin Williamson
portfolio
Minister for Robert Jenrick Tom Pursglove
Immigration
Chief Secretary to the John Glen Edward Argar
Treasury
Minister for Veterans’ Johnny Mercer
Affairs
Minister for Security Tom Tugendhat
(re-appointed)
Minister for Andrew Mitchell Vicky Ford
Development
(Compiled by Sachin Ravikumar, Muvija M and William Schomberg; editing by William James and Rosalba O’Brien)
