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

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