There was speculation ahead of the reshuffle about how diverse the new Cabinet would

be, particularly considering women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Who's in what job? Here's a guide to the people that make up Mr Johnson's cabinet,
with the latest new faces and who's changed places.
Boris Johnson's cabinet
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Blue backgrounds indicate full cabinet members and grey backgrounds indicate attending members

 Boris Johnson

Prime Minister@BorisJohnson
Boris Johnson's election win in December secured him the largest Tory majority in Parliament since
1987.
 Rishi Sunak
 Chancellor@rishisunak
Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid, who resigned as Chancellor during the reshuffle on Thursday.
 Priti Patel

Home Secretary@patel4witham
Priti Patel was appointed home secretary in Boris Johnson’s first cabinet and has kept her position
since then.
 Dominic Raab

Foreign Secretary@DominicRaab
Dominic Raab was appointed foreign secretary and first secretary of state in Boris Johnson's first
cabinet in July and remains in post.
 Michael Gove

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster@michaelgove

Michael Gove is the cabinet minister with the most experience - but his aspirations for the top job
are well known. He lost out to Boris Johnson in the Conservative leadership campaign in summer
2019.
 Ben Wallace

Defence Secretary@BWallaceMP
Appointed defence secretary by Boris Johnson last July, Ben Wallace previously served as security
minister.
 Liz Truss

International Trade Secretary, Women and Equalities@trussliz

 Liz Truss was made international trade secretary and also women and equalities minister when
Boris Johnson took office and remains in that role.
 Matt Hancock

Health & Social Care Secretary@MattHancock

Mr Hancock remains in post as health secretary.
 Gavin Williamson

Education Secretary@GavinWilliamson
Gavin Williamson made a swift return to the cabinet last July following his sacking by Theresa May
two months earlier after row over the leaking of information from the National Security Council.
 Oliver Dowden

Culture Secretary@oliverdowden
The 41-year old MP for Hertsmere is a rising star in the Conservative ranks and replaces Nicky
Morgan as Culture Secretary.
 Alok Sharma

Business Secretary@AlokSharma_RDG
The former International Development Secretary replaces Andrea Leadsom.
 Robert Jenrick

Housing, Communities and Local Government@RobertJenrick

Former Treasury Minister Robert Jenrick represented the Conservatives on the under 30s Question
Time debate during the general election campaign.
 Therese Coffey

Work & Pensions@theresecoffey

Former environment minister Therese Coffey was appointed after Amber Rudd resigned over the
government's approach to Brexit.
 Robert Buckland

Justice Secretary@RobertBuckland
The former solicitor general moved to be prisons minister in the justice department in May 2019. He
supported Boris Johnson for the leadership describing him as a "moderate, open-minded, one-
nation Conservative".
 Anne-Marie Trevelyan

International Development Secretary@annietrev

 The MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed replaces Alok Sharma as International Development Secretary.
 Grant Shapps

Transport Secretary@grantshapps
The former international development minister Grant Shapps became transport secretary in July
2019.
 George Eustice

Environment Secretary@DefraGovUK
George Eustice replaces Theresa Villiers as environment secretary.
 Brandon Lewis

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland@BrandonLewis

Brandon Lewis replaces Julian Smith as Northern Ireland Secretary.
 Alister Jack

Scottish Secretary@ScotSecOfState
Businessman Alister Jack was elected MP for Dumfries and Galloway in 2017 and has supported
what he calls "a successful Brexit for Scotland".
 Simon Hart

Secretary of State for Wales@Simonhartmp

Simon Hart was appointed as Welsh secretary to replace Alun Cairns last November.
 Baroness Evans

Leader of Lords@UKHouseofLords
Baroness Evans was appointed Lords Leader in 2016, her first ministerial role since being
ennobled by David Cameron in 2014.
 Amanda Milling

Party Chairman and minister without portfolio@amandamilling

Amanda Milling replaces James Cleverly as Conservative Party chairman and will attend Cabinet
as minister without portfolio.
 Jacob Rees-Mogg

Leader of the Commons@HouseofCommons

Jacob Rees Mogg is one of the Conservative Party's highest profile Brexiteers and a key member
of party's European Research Group (ERG).
 Mark Spencer
 Chief Whip@Mark_Spencer
Boris Johnson's chief enforcer, in theory, has an easier job now the party has a large majority.
 Suella Braverman

Attorney General@SuellaBraverman
Suella Braverman replaces Geoffrey Cox as attorney general.
 Stephen Barclay

Chief Secretary to the Treasury@SteveBarclay

Stephen Barclay will attend Cabinet in a new role as chief secretary to the Treasury.

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