I have just accepted Her Majesty The Queen’s kind invitation to form a new government. Let me pay tribute to my predecessor. Boris Johnson delivered Brexit, the Covid vaccine, and stood up to Russian aggression. History will see him as a hugely consequential Prime Minister. Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street.
Prime Minister Liz Truss’s first statement in Downing Street-6 September 2022
DATE: 6 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 and 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
- The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Rachel Maclean MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice
- Victoria Prentis MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions
- Julia Lopez MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Michael Tomlinson MP as Solicitor General
- Paul Scully MP has been re-appointed as a Minister of State (Minister for London) in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- The Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Leo Docherty MP as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tom Pursglove MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
- Jeremy Quin MP as a Minister of State in the Home Office
- Jackie Doyle-Price MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- The Rt Hon Conor Burns MP as a Minister of State in the Department for International Trade
- The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Will Quince MP as a Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care
- Alec Shelbrooke MP as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
- James Duddridge MP as a Minister of State in the Department for International Trade
- Kelly Tolhurst MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Education
- Steve Baker MP as a Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office
- The Rt Hon Baroness Williams of Trafford as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (Lords Chief Whip)
- Nusrat Ghani MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Kevin Foster MP as a Minister of State in the Department for Transport
