Ministerial Appointments: September 2022

The Queen has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

• The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP as Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union

• The Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. She will also be Deputy Prime Minister

• The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer

• The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

• The Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP as Secretary of State for the Home Department

• Wendy Morton MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip). She will attend Cabinet

• The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP has been re-appointed as Secretary of State for Defence

• The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP as Lord Chancellor, and Secretary of State for Justice

• The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and Minister for Equalities

• The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP as Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons

• Lord True CBE as Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords

• The Rt Hon Jake Berry MP as Minister without Portfolio

• The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP has been re-appointed as COP26 President

• The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

• The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

• Kemi Badenoch MP as Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade

• Chloe Smith MP as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

• The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP as Secretary of State for Education

• Ranil Jayawardena MP as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP as Secretary of State for Transport

• The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

• The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

• The Rt Hon Alister Jack MP has been re-appointed as Secretary of State for Scotland

• The Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KBE QC MP has been re-appointed as Secretary of State for Wales

• Chris Philp MP as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. He will attend Cabinet

• Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP as Attorney General. He will attend Cabinet

• Edward Argar MP as Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office. He will attend Cabinet

• Vicky Ford MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Development) in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. She will attend Cabinet

• Tom Tugendhat MBE MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Security) in the Home Department. He will attend Cabinet

• James Heappey MP has been re-appointed as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. He will be Minister for the Armed Forces and Veterans and will attend Cabinet.

• Graham Stuart MP as a Minister of State (Minister for Climate) in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He will attend Cabinet.

Source: UK in Ethiopia