February 2023 British cabinet reshuffle

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak carried out the first cabinet reshuffle of his premiership on 7 February 2023.^[1] The reshuffle saw a significant restructuring of a number of government departments, and gave Sunak the opportunity to fill the vacancy left by Nadhim Zahawi after he was dismissed as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio on 29 January 2023, following a scandal surrounding his tax affairs.

The reshuffle saw a significant restructuring of government departments. The Department for International Trade and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) were merged to form the new Department for Business and Trade. The energy and climate policy responsibilities of BEIS were spun off to form the new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The science and innovation policies of BEIS were combined with the digital portfolio of the former Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to form the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The DCMS continues as the newly constituted Department for Culture, Media and Sport.^[2]

Cabinet-level changes

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Joined the Cabinet Portfolio created or merged

	Position before reshuffle	Position after reshuffle
Rt Hon Greg HandsMP	Minister of State for Trade Policy	Chairman of the Conservative Party Minister without Portfolio
Rt Hon Grant ShappsMP	Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Rt Hon Kemi BadenochMP	Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board of Trade	Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade
Rt Hon Michelle DonelanMP	Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP	Minister of State for Housing and Planning	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Rt Hon Oliver DowdenMP	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

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Promoted^{[note 1]}

	Department before reshuffle	Department after reshuffle
Rachel MacleanMP	Backbench MP	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Rt Hon Graham StuartMP	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	Energy Security and Net Zero
George FreemanMP		Science, Innovation and Technology
Nus GhaniMP		Business and Trade
Kevin HollinrakeMP
Nigel HuddlestonMP	International Trade
Maria CaulfieldMP
Andrew BowieMP		Energy Security and Net Zero
Paul ScullyMP	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Science, Innovation and Technology

Whip		Previous position	New position
	Stuart AndersonMP	Assistant Government Whip	Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
	Ruth EdwardsMP	Backbench MP	Assistant Government Whip

Appointee		Position before appointment	New party position
	Lee AndersonMP	Backbench MP	Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party

^ Sunak, Rishi (7 February 2023). Making Government Deliver for the British People (PDF). UK Government. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

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