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    Factbox-Rishi Sunak’s cabinet: who is in the UK prime minister’s leadership team?

    LONDON (Reuters) - British 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

    Chancellor of the Jeremy Hunt

    Exchequer (finance (re-appointed)

    minister)

    Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

    (re-appointed)

    Leader of the House of Penny Mordaunt

    Commons (re-appointed)

    Home Secretary 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 Oliver Dowden Nadhim Zahawi

    Duchy of Lancaster

    COP26 President Alok Sharma

    (re-appointed)

    Business, Energy and Grant Shapps Jacob Rees-Mogg

    Industrial Strategy

    Secretary

    Minister without Nadhim Zahawi Jake Berry

    portfolio and

    Conservative Party

    Chairman

    Chief whip Simon Hart Wendy Morton

    Minister for Kemi Badenoch Nadhim Zahawi

    Equalities

    International Trade Kemi Badenoch

    Secretary (re-appointed)

    Levelling Up, Housing Michael Gove Simon Clarke

    and Communities

    Secretary

    Digital, Culture, Michelle Donelan

    Media and Sport (re-appointed)

    Secretary

    Environment Secretary Therese Coffey Ranil

    Jayawardena

    Health Secretary Steve Barclay Therese Coffey

    Secretary of State for Chris

    Northern Ireland Heaton-Harris

    (re-appointed)

    Secretary of State for David Davies Robert Buckland

    Wales

    Secretary of State for Alister Jack

    Scotland (re-appointed)

    Paymaster General and Jeremy Quin Chris Philp

    Minister for the

    Cabinet Office

    Transport Secretary Mark Harper Anne-Marie

    Trevelyan

    Attorney General Victoria Prentis Michael Ellis

    Work and Pensions Mel Stride Chloe Smith

    Secretary

    Minister without Gavin Williamson

    portfolio

    Minister for Robert Jenrick Tom Pursglove

    Immigration

    Chief Secretary to the John Glen Edward Argar

    Treasury

    Minister for Veterans' Johnny Mercer

    Affairs

    Minister for Security Tom Tugendhat

    (re-appointed)

    Minister for Andrew Mitchell Vicky Ford

    Development

    (Compiled by Sachin Ravikumar, Muvija M and William Schomberg; editing by William James and Rosalba O'Brien)

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