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Truss ministry
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
September – October 2022
Truss's cabinet in October 2022, on her last day in office
Date formed	6 September 2022
Date dissolved	25 October 2022
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II (until 8 September 2022) Charles III (from 8 September 2022)
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Prime Minister's history	Premiership of Liz Truss
Deputy Prime Minister	Thérèse Coffey
Ministers removed	3 resigned
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority 356 / 650 (55%)
Opposition cabinet	Starmer Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Keir Starmer
History
Legislature term	2019–2024
Budget	September 2022 mini budget
Predecessor	Second Johnson ministry
Successor	Sunak ministry

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The Truss ministry began on 6 September 2022 when Liz Truss was invited by Queen Elizabeth II—two days before the monarch's death—to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Johnson had resigned as leader of the Conservative Party the previous day after Truss was elected as his successor. The Truss ministry was formed from the 2019 Parliament of the United Kingdom, as a Conservative majority government.

On 20 October 2022, amid growing disapproval of her leadership from within the Conservative Party, Truss announced her resignation, making her tenure the shortest in the history of the United Kingdom. She resigned as Conservative Party leader on 24 October and as prime minister on 25 October. The cabinet was dissolved following the appointment of Rishi Sunak as prime minister on 25 October.

Cabinet

September 2022 – October 2022

Truss Cabinet

Portfolio	Portrait	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union		The Rt Hon Liz Truss MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Health and Social Care		The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury		The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP	September 2022 – October 2022
		The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP	October 2022 – July 2024
Foreign Secretary		The Rt Hon James Cleverly TD VR MP	September 2022 – November 2023
Home Secretary		The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP	September 2022 – October 2022
		The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP	October 2022
Secretary of State for Defence		The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP	July 2019 – August 2023
Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain		The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations Minister for Equalities		The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council		The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP	September 2022 – July 2024
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal		The Rt Hon The Lord True CBE PC	September 2022 – July 2024
Minister without Portfolio Party Chairman (unpaid)		The Rt Hon Sir Jake Berry MP	September 2022 – October 2022
President for COP26		The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP	January 2021 – November 2022
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy		The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities		The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for International Trade		The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP	September 2022 – February 2023
President of the Board of Trade			September 2022 – July 2024
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		The Rt Hon Chloe Smith MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Education		The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		The Rt Hon Ranil Jayawardena MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Transport		The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport		The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP	September 2022 – February 2023
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP	September 2022 – July 2024
Secretary of State for Scotland		The Rt Hon Alister Jack DL MP	July 2019 – July 2024
Secretary of State for Wales		The Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KBE KC MP	July 2022 – October 2022
Also attending cabinet meetings
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Whip of the House of Commons		The Rt Hon Wendy Morton MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Chief Secretary to the Treasury		The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP	September 2022 – October 2022
		The Rt Hon Edward Argar MP	October 2022
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland		The Rt Hon Michael Ellis KC MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General		The Rt Hon Edward Argar MP	September 2022 – October 2022
		The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP	October 2022
Minister of State for Development (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)		The Rt Hon Vicky Ford MP	September 2022 – October 2022
Minister of State for Security (Home Office)		The Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP	September 2022 – July 2024
Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Veterans (Ministry of Defence)		The Rt Hon James Heappey MP	February 2020 – March 2024
Minister of State for Climate (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)		The Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP	September 2022 – July 2024

Changes

• Kwasi Kwarteng was dismissed on 14 October 2022 after market turmoil following the September mini-budget. He was replaced by former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Chris Philp swapped jobs with Edward Argar on the same day.
• Suella Braverman resigned as Home Secretary on 19 October 2022. She was replaced by former Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.

List of ministers

Prime Minister and Cabinet Office

Departments of state

Law officers

Parliament

Departures from the Truss ministry

There were resignations from the Truss ministry after forming a government on 6 September 2022. Truss faced the departure of two cabinet ministers and one junior minister. In addition, she dismissed ministers that served under the previous government.

Minister (Cabinet members shown in bold)		Office	Date of resignation	Reason
	Rt Hon Conor Burns MP	Minister of State for Trade Policy	7 October 2022	Dismissed from the government and whip suspended 'following a complaint of serious misconduct' while Burns attended 2022 Conservative Party Conference.
	Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP	Chancellor of the Exchequer	14 October 2022	Dismissed from the government over the financial situation and the aftermath of the mini-budget.
	Rt Hon Suella Braverman MP	Home Secretary	19 October 2022	Sent highly sensitive information to a fellow Conservative MP who was not authorised to see it, from her personal email address.

Non-ministerial appointments

Parliamentary Private Secretaries

Prime Minister's Office

Party Officers

Second Church Estates Commissioner

Notes

1. Non-governmental position
2. ^ Formally, Minister of State in the Cabinet Office
3. Note: This list does not include those ministers that resigned prior to Liz Truss taking office as Prime Minister.

References

1. "Chris Mason: No honeymoon period for next PM Liz Truss". BBC News. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
2. "Liz Truss to appoint cabinet of loyalists as she becomes UK's next PM". The Guardian. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
3. "Liz Truss resigns as prime minister after Tory revolt". BBC News. 20 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
4. "Liz Truss meeting Tory backbench chair as more MPS call for her to quit – BBC News". BBC News. 19 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
5. Culbertson, Alix (14 October 2022). "Kwasi Kwarteng sacked as chancellor after mini-budget turmoil". Sky News. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
6. "Treasury chief secretary Chris Philp moved aside and replaced by Edward Argar amid economic chaos". Sky News. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
7. Crerar, Pippa; Walker, Peter; Allegretti, Aubrey (19 October 2022). "Suella Braverman departs as UK home secretary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
8. Brown, Faye (19 October 2022). "Grant Shapps replaces Suella Braverman as home secretary". Sky News. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
9. "Trade minister Conor Burns sacked from government". BBC News. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
10. Cuthbertson, Alix (15 October 2022). "Kwasi Kwarteng sacked as chancellor after mini-budget turmoil". Sky News. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
11. "Suella Braverman departs as UK home secretary". The Guardian. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

v t e Truss Cabinet
Cabinet members	Liz Truss Thérèse Coffey Jeremy Hunt James Cleverly Grant Shapps Brandon Lewis Nadhim Zahawi Ben Wallace Simon Clarke Jacob Rees-Mogg Kemi Badenoch Chloe Smith Kit Malthouse Ranil Jayawardena Anne-Marie Trevelyan Chris Heaton-Harris Alister Jack Sir Robert Buckland The Lord True Michelle Donelan Penny Mordaunt Sir Jake Berry
Also attended meetings	Edward Argar Wendy Morton Chris Philp Michael Ellis Vicky Ford Tom Tugendhat James Heappey Graham Stuart
Departures	Kwasi Kwarteng Suella Braverman

v t e Liz Truss
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2022) Leader of the Conservative Party (2022) MP for South West Norfolk (2010–2024)
Premiership	Ministry Electoral history 2022 Conservative Party leadership election United Kingdom and the Russian invasion of Ukraine Cost-of-living crisis Industrial disputes Postal workers' strikes Railway strikes NHS strikes September 2022 mini-budget October 2022 government crisis Daily Star lettuce "Anti-growth coalition" Resignation Honours
Other offices held	Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (2021–2022) Minister for Women and Equalities (2019–2022) Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade (2019–2021) Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2017–2019) Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (2016–2017) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2014–2016) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education (2012–2014)
Family	Hugh O'Leary (husband) John Truss (father)
Groups	Free Enterprise Group Free Market Forum Popular Conservatism
Books	By Truss After the Coalition (2011) Britannia Unchained (2012) Ten Years to Save the West (2024) About Truss Out of the Blue (2022) Truss at 10 (2024)
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