Those who got a place in the Truss cabinet.
Those who got a place in the Truss cabinet.
Those who got a place in the Truss cabinet. |
Within a few hours of sitting in the chair of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss brought a major change in the cabinet. Many people close to Trus have been appointed in the new cabinet. Many influential leaders of the country have again been excluded from the list of ministers. BBC news.
Truss met Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Tuesday. At that time, as the country's prime minister, he approved Truss to form a new government. Truss became the 16th Prime Minister during the Queen's 70-year reign.
Kwasi Kwarteng has been appointed Finance Minister in the new Trust Cabinet. James Cleverley has been appointed as Foreign Minister. Suella Braverman has been given the responsibility of Home Minister. Michelle Donelan has been given the responsibility of the Ministry of Culture. Therese Coffey, a close friend of Truss, has become the UK's new deputy prime minister and health minister.
Many members of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet have been dropped from the newly announced cabinet. One of them is former Justice Minister Dominic Raab. Former transport minister Grant Shapps and former health minister Steve Barkley are not on the list of new ministers.
Former International Trade Minister Penny Mordant has been appointed as the leader of the House of Commons, the lower house of the UK Parliament. Kemi Badenoch is the new International Trade Minister. Chloe Smith became Minister for Work and Pensions. Keith Malthouse has received the responsibility of the Ministry of Education.
Long-time Truss supporter Jacob Rees – Mogg – became Minister for Business, Energy and Industry. Simon Clarke is taking charge of the Ministry of Leveling Up. And Anne-Marie Trevelyan has been appointed as Transport Minister.
On the other hand, Ranil Jayawardena has become the Environment Minister in the new cabinet. Brandon Lewis has been assigned to the Ministry of Justice. Nadeem Zahabi has left the post of Finance Minister to become Minister of Intergovernmental Relations and Equality Affairs. Ben Wallace has retained the Ministry of Defense as last time.
Chris Heaton–Harris became Minister for Northern Ireland–Among others in the Cabinet. Alistair Jack and Robert Buckland have been appointed as Ministers for Scotland and Wales respectively. Jake Berry has become the chairman and minister without office of the ruling party Conservative Party (Tory). Lord True appointed as Attorney General. Alok Sharma has retained his position as President of Cop-26 in the Cabinet.
In the Tory leadership race, Truss became the leader of the party last Monday after defeating former finance minister Rishi Sunak of Indian origin. 81 thousand 326 people voted for Truss and 60 thousand 399 Tory members voted for Sunak. This clears the way for Truss to become the Prime Minister. On the same day, he received an invitation to meet with Queen Elizabeth II to form the government.