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The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of the Government of the United Kingdom. [2] A committee of the Privy Council, it is chaired by the Prime Minister and its members include Secretaries of State and senior Ministers of State.
The following is a list of ministerial offices in the Government of the United Kingdom. The highest ranking ministers are Cabinet ministers or also attend Cabinet. Political offices in the UK government
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak carried out the second cabinet reshuffle of his premiership on 13 November 2023. Suella Braverman was replaced as Home Secretary by James Cleverly. [1] Cleverly was replaced as Foreign Secretary by the former Prime Minister David Cameron, who was made a life peer as Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton. [2] [3]
Sixty-eight women have been appointed to positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, with three female Prime Ministers serving in cabinet.Since, by convention, members of the cabinet must be a member of either the House of Commons or House of Lords, [1] the Prime Minister could not appoint women to the cabinet until the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 allowed women to stand ...
Lord Young of Graffham enters the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio. September 1985 – Lord Young of Graffham succeeded Tom King as Secretary of State for Employment. Kenneth Baker succeeded Patrick Jenkin as Secretary of State for the Environment. Norman Tebbit succeeded Earl of Gowrie as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
"Ministry" refers collectively to all the ministers of a government, including Cabinet members and junior ministers alike. Only the Civil Service is considered outside of the ministry. While the term was in common parlance in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it has become rarer, except in official and academic uses. [ 1 ]
Female members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom (70 P) A. Agriculture ministers of the United Kingdom (1 C, 36 P) C. Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster (188 P)
Pages in category "Female members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.