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Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022

Prime Ministers Office 10 Downing Street

October 27
11:24 2022

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The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

  • Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP as Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
  • Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP re-appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP as Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice
  • Rt Hon Simon Hart MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
  • Rt Hon James Cleverly MP re-appointed as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
  • Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP re-appointed as Secretary of State for Defence
  • Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP as Minister without Portfolio
  • Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  • Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP as Secretary of State for the Home Department
  • Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP re-appointed as Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons
  • Gillian Keegan MP as Secretary of State for Education
  • Rt Hon Mel Stride MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
  • Rt Hon Dr Thrse Coffey MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
  • Rt Hon Michael Gove MP as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing andCommunities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
  • Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP re-appointed as Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade. She also becomes Minister for Women and Equalities
  • Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP re-appointed as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
  • Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP re-appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
  • Rt Hon Alister Jack MP re-appointed as Secretary of State for Scotland
  • David TC Davies MP as Secretary of State for Wales
  • Rt Hon Lord TrueCBE reappointed as Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords
  • Victoria Prentis MP as Attorney General
  • Jeremy Quin MP as Paymaster General, and Minister for the Cabinet Office. He will attend Cabinet.
  • Rt Hon Mark Harper MP as Secretary of State for Transport
  • John Glen MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. He will attend Cabinet.
  • Rt Hon Johnny Mercer MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Veterans Affairs) in the Cabinet Office. He will attend Cabinet.
  • Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE MP re-appointed as a Minister of State (Minister for Security) in the Home Office. He attends Cabinet.
  • Rt Hon Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP as a Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio) in the Cabinet Office. He will attend Cabinet.
  • Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Immigration) in the Home Office. He will attend Cabinet.
  • Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Development) in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He will attend Cabinet.
  • Alex Chalk KC MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
  • Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Rt Hon Chris Philp MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
  • Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities;
  • Helen Whately MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
  • Rt Hon Greg Hands MP as a Minister of State in the Department for International Trade
  • Steve Baker MP as a Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office
  • Rt Hon Baroness Williams of Trafford as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Lords Chief Whip).
  • Rt Hon James Heappey MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
  • Will Quince MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
  • Nusrat Ghani MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Julia Lopez MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
  • Michael Tomlinson MP as Solicitor General
  • George Freeman MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Education
  • Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Education
  • Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Transport
  • Victoria Atkins MP as Financial Secretary to the Treasury
  • Andrew Griffith MP as Economic

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