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New Government

The list of Ministerial Positions announced in the new Coalition Government is as follows:

Cabinet

Prime Minister: David Cameron

Deputy Prime Minister: Nick Clegg (LD)

First secretary of state and foreign secretary: William Hague

Chancellor of the exchequer: George Osborne

Lord chancellor and justice secretary: Ken Clarke

Home secretary and minister for women and equalities: Theresa May

Defence secretary: Liam Fox

Business secretary: Vince Cable (LD)

Work and pensions secretary: Iain Duncan Smith

Energy and climate change secretary: Chris Huhne (LD)

Health secretary: Andrew Lansley

Education secretary: Michael Gove

Communities and local government secretary: Eric Pickles

Transport secretary: Philip Hammond

Environment, food and rural affairs secretary: Caroline Spelman

International development secretary: Andrew Mitchell

Northern Ireland secretary: Owen Paterson

Scotland secretary: Danny Alexander (LD)

Wales secretary: Cheryl Gillan

Culture, media and sport secretary: Jeremy Hunt

Chief secretary to the Treasury: David Laws (LD)

Leader of the House of Lords: Lord Strathclyde

Ministers without portfolio: Baroness Warsi (unpaid)

Also attending Cabinet when required:

Attorney general: Dominic Grieve
 

Junior Ministers

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Minister of state - David Lidington
Minister of state - Jeremy Browne (LD)

Treasury

Financial secretary - Mark Hoban

Ministry of Justice

Minister of state - Lord McNally (LD)
Minister of state - Nick Herbert (jointly with the Home Office)

Home Office

Security minister - Baroness Neville-Jones
Immigration minister - Damian Green
Police minister - Nick Herbert MP (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)

Ministry of Defence

Armed forces minister - Nick Harvey (LD)

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Universities and science minister - David Willetts**
Minister of state - Mark Prisk
Minister of state - John Hayes

Department for Work and Pensions

Minister of state - Chris Grayling
Minister of state - Steve Webb (LD)

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Minister of state - Charles Hendry
Minister of state - Gregory Barker

Department of Health

Minister of state - Paul Burstow (LD)
Minister of state - Simon Burns

Department for Education

Minister of state - Sarah Teather (LD)
Minister of state - Nick Gibb

Department for Communities and Local Government

Minister of state - Greg Clark
Housing minister - Grant Shapps

Department for Transport

Minister of state - Theresa Villiers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Minister of state - James Paice

Department for International Development

Minister of state - Alan Duncan

Northern Ireland

Minister of state - Hugo Swire

Law officers

Solicitor general - Edward Garnier

House of Lords whip

Lords chief whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms) - The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE