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| Theresa May's cabinet: Who's in and who's out? | Theresa May's cabinet: Who's in and who's out? |
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| Theresa May is forming her new government after becoming Conservative prime minister. | Theresa May is forming her new government after becoming Conservative prime minister. |
| She will announce her cabinet in the coming hours. Here's what we know so far. The list will be updated as new appointments are made. | She will announce her cabinet in the coming hours. Here's what we know so far. The list will be updated as new appointments are made. |
| Prime Minister - Theresa May | Prime Minister - Theresa May |
| The former home secretary, 59, became the UK's second female prime minister in the wake of David Cameron's resignation after the EU referendum. She had previously served in the Home Office for more than six years. | The former home secretary, 59, became the UK's second female prime minister in the wake of David Cameron's resignation after the EU referendum. She had previously served in the Home Office for more than six years. |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer - Philip Hammond | Chancellor of the Exchequer - Philip Hammond |
| Philip Hammond has been named chancellor of the exchequer. He was foreign secretary under David Cameron from 2014 to 2016, having previously served as defence and transport secretaries. He replaces George Osborne who has resigned from the government. | Philip Hammond has been named chancellor of the exchequer. He was foreign secretary under David Cameron from 2014 to 2016, having previously served as defence and transport secretaries. He replaces George Osborne who has resigned from the government. |
| Mr Hammond is seen at Westminster as the ultimate safe pair of hands. Sometimes mocked as "box office Phil" for what some see as his dull delivery, he forged a reputation in the shadow Treasury team as the Tories' public spending "axeman". | |
| He was seen as a Eurosceptic who spoke of withdrawal if the EU was not reformed but campaigned to remain in the referendum. He now has the job of steering Britain's economy through the choppy post-Brexit waters. | |
| Foreign Secretary - Boris Johnson | Foreign Secretary - Boris Johnson |
| Boris Johnson succeeds Mr Hammond at the Foreign Office. The former London mayor headed the campaign for the UK to leave the European Union. He did not previously have a ministerial appointment in Mr Cameron's government but accepted an invitation to attend political cabinet. He was not running any department. | |
| Mr Johnson may be one of the best known politicians in the country but the move to foreign secretary is a big step up from his previous role. | |
| Home Secretary - Amber Rudd | Home Secretary - Amber Rudd |
| Amber Rudd has been made home secretary filling the vacancy left by Mrs May. Ms Rudd was formerly secretary for energy and climate change, a position she has held for just one year. | |
| During the campaign for Remain in the EU referendum, she famously warned in a TV debate that she would not trust the new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to drive her home at the end of a night out. | |
| The former investment banker, venture capitalist, and financial journalist, 52, decided to enter politics in her 40s in order to get "a grip on her life". | |
| The sister of leading Remain campaigner and businessman Roland Rudd, she quickly joined the fast track to the top after being elected to Parliament as MP for Hastings and Rye. She was seen as a protege of then Chancellor George Osborne, serving as his parliamentary private secretary before being promoted to junior minister at the Energy and Climate Change department in 2014. | |
| The ex-Cheltenham Ladies' College pupil, and Edinburgh University history graduate, has a son and a daughter from the five years she was married to columnist AA Gill, who used to refer to her as "the silver spoon" in his restaurant reviews. | |
| Defence Secretary - Michael Fallon | Defence Secretary - Michael Fallon |
| Michael Fallon has kept his job at the Ministry of Defence - a position he has held since 2014. | Michael Fallon has kept his job at the Ministry of Defence - a position he has held since 2014. |
| Secretary of State for Brexit - David Davis | |
| David Davis has been appointed to the new cabinet position of secretary of state for Brexit. A veteran Eurosceptic, he has previously held the positions of Conservative party chairman and shadow deputy prime minister. Between 2003 and 2008, he was the shadow home secretary under both Michael Howard and David Cameron. | |
| Mr Davis lost to David Cameron in the 2005 Tory leadership contest. |