Rishi Sunak’s cabinet: Who is in the prime minister’s top team?

Rishi Sunak is the UK's archetypal British Asian premier minister.

He won the enactment contention which followed the resignation of Liz Truss, receiving nominations from much than fractional of his party's MPs.

He was chancellor during the coronavirus pandemic, and introduced the furlough scheme, spending immense amounts to support the system afloat.

His estimation was dented by a contention implicit his wife's taxation affairs and a good for breaching lockdown rules.

In July 2022, helium was 1 of the archetypal to discontinue Boris Johnson's cabinet, paving the mode for the watercourse of resignations.

He became an MP successful 2015 - for the North Yorkshire constituency of Richmond.

Dominic Raab has been appointed justness caput and lawman premier curate by Rishi Sunak.

He antecedently served arsenic justness caput nether Boris Johnson - but mislaid his relation erstwhile Liz Truss became premier minister.

Prior to that, helium served arsenic overseas caput and faced disapproval and calls for his resignation implicit his handling of the Afghanistan crisis.

During the pandemic helium was asked to deputise for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, portion helium was successful intensive attraction with Covid and went connected to beryllium appointed his lawman PM.

A staunch Brexiteer, Mr Raab besides served arsenic a justness curate successful 2015, but was sacked by Theresa May erstwhile she became premier curate the pursuing year. He made a instrumentality arsenic Brexit caput successful July 2018 aft the resignation of David Davis, but discontinue lone months aboriginal successful absorption to Mrs May’s Brexit deal.

The karate black-belt started his vocation arsenic an planetary lawyer, earlier joining the Foreign Office arsenic a diplomat.

Jeremy Hunt volition stay successful his station arsenic chancellor, aft having been successful the relation for conscionable implicit a week.

He was appointed chancellor by erstwhile premier curate Liz Truss earlier successful October aft turmoil successful the fiscal markets pursuing the mini-budget, which led to the sacking of her archetypal prime Kwasi Kwarteng.

His archetypal assignment - and consequent determination to scrap astir each the taxation cuts his predecessor had promised - calmed fiscal markets. The request to promote economical stableness was a cardinal crushed to support him successful post.

He was archetypal elected to parliament successful 2005 and joined the furniture nether PM David Cameron arsenic caput of authorities for culture, Olympics, media and athletics successful the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics.

He went connected to go wellness secretary, wherever helium faced disapproval from inferior doctors implicit plans to present caller contracts, but besides secured a backing summation for the NHS. Mr Hunt became overseas caput successful 2018.

The MP for South West Surrey has doubly stood unsuccessfully for the enactment leadership, losing to Boris Johnson successful 2019.

James Cleverly has been reappointed overseas caput by Rishi Sunak.

He was primitively appointed overseas caput nether Liz Truss, taking implicit her erstwhile department.

Mr Cleverly was a overseas curate previously, for the Middle East and North Africa, and aboriginal for Europe and North America.

He served successful the Territorial Army and went to Sandhurst and, extracurricular of work, enjoys coating exemplary soldiers and hanging retired with his borderline terriers.

Elected arsenic MP for Braintree successful Essex successful 2015, the Brexit protagonist held a fig a inferior ministerial roles nether Theresa May earlier moving to the Foreign Office.

Ben Wallace has been reappointed arsenic defence caput - a station helium has held since July 2019, wherever he’s been starring the effect to the warfare successful Ukraine.

He's fashionable with Tory members - and was erstwhile considered a favourite to regenerate Boris Johnson - but chose not to basal successful either caller enactment contest.

Mr Wallace is beauteous wide respected crossed the parliamentary enactment with galore colleagues seeing him arsenic a harmless brace of hands.

During his eight-year spell successful the Army, helium served successful Germany, Cyprus, Belize and Northern Ireland - wherever helium helped thwart an IRA weaponry attack.

Simon Hart has been appointed main whip.

He had antecedently served arsenic Welsh caput nether Boris Johnson betwixt 2019 and 2022 and was besides a inferior curate astatine the Cabinet Office.

He was among those to resign from the furniture successful July arsenic Mr Johnson’s premiership collapsed.

Elected arsenic MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire successful 2010, helium has a inheritance successful agrarian affairs having been main enforcement of the Countryside Alliance.

Prior to becoming an MP, helium besides worked arsenic a chartered surveyor and served with the Territorial Army for 5 years.

Nadhim Zahawi has been appointed curate without portfolio and Conservative Party president by Rishi Sunak.

A accelerated riser successful the party, helium gained enactment and nationalist designation successful his relation arsenic vaccines curate during the pandemic.

Mr Zahawi served concisely arsenic chancellor of the exchequer aft Rishi Sunak resigned - and beauteous swiftly afterwards said Boris Johnson should resign.

He was aboriginal appointed by Liz Truss arsenic chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Mr Zahawi was besides acquisition caput during the aboriginal fractional of the Covid pandemic and had the hard task of ensuring a procreation of children caught up aft having missed months of school.

He's a erstwhile kid exile who fled Iraq with his parents successful the 1970s and co-founded the marketplace probe steadfast YouGov. He is present believed to beryllium 1 of the richest politicians successful the Commons.

Oliver Dowden has been appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by Rishi Sunak.

The relation means he'll beryllium liable for moving the Cabinet Office, the section that supports the premier curate and fundamentally helps departments enactment unneurotic amended connected issues that impact much than one.

Mr Dowden's astir caller relation was arsenic Conservative Party chairman. However helium discontinue successful June, aft the Tories suffered 2 important by-election defeats.

As Culture Secretary nether Boris Johnson, Mr Dowden waded into the “culture wars”, arguing that museums should “retain and explain” arguable statues alternatively than removing them.

Before being elected arsenic MP for Hertsmere successful 2015, helium worked successful Downing Street advising David Cameron and was made his lawman main of staff. He was aboriginal awarded a CBE for his services.

He is joined with 2 children.