Britain’s new 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
Finance minister
Jeremy Hunt (re-appointed)
Foreign Secretary
James Cleverly (re-appointed)
House of Commons Leader
Penny Mordaunt (re-appointed)
Interior minister
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 Duchy of Lancaster
Oliver Dowden
Nadhim Zahawi
COP 26 President
Alok Sharma (re-appointed)
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary
Grant Shapps
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Minister without portfolio and Conseravtive Party Chairman
Nadhim Zahawi
Jake Berry
Chief whip
Simon Hart
Wendy Morton
Minister for Equalities
Kemi Badenoch
Nadhim Zahawi
Secretary for International Trade
Kemi Badenoch (re-appointed)
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary
Michael Gove
Simon Clarke
Secretary for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Michelle Donelan (re-appointed)
Environment Secretary
Therese Coffey
Ranil Jayawardena
Secretary for Health
Steve Barclay
Therese Coffey
Northern Ireland Secretary
Chris Heaton-Harris (re-appointed)
Secretary of State for Wales
David Davies
Robert Buckland
Secretary of State for Scotland
Alister Jack (re-appointed)
Secretary for Work and Pensions
Mel Stride
Chloe Smith