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Ministerial Appointments: 31 August 2023

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments.

• From: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Published: 31 August 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:

• Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP as Secretary of State for Defence;
• Claire Coutinho MP as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero;
• David Johnston OBE MP as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education.

Published 31 August 2023