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 (Sep 2022) Charles III (Sep–Oct 2022)
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Deputy Prime Minister	Thérèse Coffey
Ministers removed	3 resigned
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition cabinet	Starmer shadow cabinet
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leader	Keir Starmer
History
Legislature term	2019–2024
Budget	September 2022 mini-budget
Incoming formation	Jul–Sep 2022 leadership election
Outgoing formation	October 2022 leadership election
Predecessor	Second Johnson ministry
Successor	Sunak ministry

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TheTruss ministry began on 6 September 2022 whenLiz Truss was invited by QueenElizabeth II—two days beforethe monarch's death—to succeedBoris Johnson asprime minister of the United Kingdom.Johnson had resigned asleader of the Conservative Party the previous day afterTruss was elected as his successor.^[1] The Truss ministry was formed from the2019 Parliament of the United Kingdom, as aConservativemajority government.^[2]

On 20 October 2022, amidgrowing disapproval of her leadership from within the Conservative Party, Truss announced her resignation, making her tenure theshortest 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 ofRishi Sunak as prime minister on 25 October.^[3][4]

Truss Cabinet

Portfolio	Portrait	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Union		Liz Truss	September 2022 – October 2022
Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Health and Social Care		Thérèse Coffey	September 2022 – October 2022
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury		Kwasi Kwarteng	September 2022 – October 2022
		Jeremy Hunt	October 2022 – July 2024
Foreign Secretary		James Cleverly	September 2022 – November 2023
Home Secretary		Suella Braverman	September 2022 – October 2022
		Grant Shapps	October 2022
Secretary of State for Defence		Ben Wallace	July 2019 – August 2023
Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain		Brandon Lewis	September 2022 – October 2022
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for Intergovernmental Relations Minister for Equalities		Nadhim Zahawi	September 2022 – October 2022
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council		Penny Mordaunt	September 2022 – July 2024
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal		Nicholas True Baron True	September 2022 – July 2024
Minister without Portfolio Party Chairman[n 1](unpaid)		Sir Jake Berry	September 2022 – October 2022
President for COP26[n 2]		Alok Sharma	January 2021 – November 2022
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy		Jacob Rees-Mogg	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities		Simon Clarke	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for International Trade		Kemi Badenoch	September 2022 – February 2023
President of the Board of Trade			September 2022 – July 2024
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		Chloe Smith	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Education		Kit Malthouse	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		Ranil Jayawardena	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Transport		Anne-Marie Trevelyan	September 2022 – October 2022
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport		Michelle Donelan	September 2022 – February 2023
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		Chris Heaton-Harris	September 2022 – July 2024
Secretary of State for Scotland		Alister Jack	July 2019 – July 2024
Secretary of State for Wales		Sir Robert Buckland	July 2022 – October 2022
Also attending cabinet meetings
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Whip of the House of Commons		Wendy Morton	September 2022 – October 2022
Chief Secretary to the Treasury		Chris Philp	September 2022 – October 2022
		Edward Argar	October 2022
Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland		Michael Ellis	September 2022 – October 2022
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General		Edward Argar	September 2022 – October 2022
		Chris Philp	October 2022
Minister of State for Development (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)		Vicky Ford	September 2022 – October 2022
Minister of State for Security (Home Office)		Tom Tugendhat	September 2022 – July 2024
Minister of State for the Armed Forces and Veterans (Ministry of Defence)		James Heappey	February 2020 – March 2024
Minister of State for Climate (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)		Graham Stuart	September 2022 – July 2024

• Kwasi Kwarteng was dismissed on 14 October 2022 after market turmoil following theSeptember mini-budget.^[5] He was replaced by former Foreign SecretaryJeremy Hunt.Chris Philp swapped jobs withEdward Argar on the same day.^[6]
• Suella Braverman resigned as Home Secretary on 19 October 2022.^[7] She was replaced by former Transport SecretaryGrant Shapps.^[8]

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 theprevious government.^{[n 3]}

Minister (Cabinet members shown in bold)		Office	Date of resignation	Reason
	Conor Burns	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 2022Conservative Party Conference.[9]
	Kwasi Kwarteng	Chancellor of the Exchequer	14 October 2022	Dismissed from the government over the financial situation and the aftermath of themini-budget.[10]
	Suella Braverman	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.[11]

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