Third British Prime Minister in two months, Rishi Sunak has kept almost all the holders of large portfolios in office, in an obvious concern for stability and with a double challenge: to give guarantees to the markets, on edge since the budget announcements in September , and gather a very divided majority after 12 years in power.



On the economic level, he opted for stability by confirming Jeremy Hunt, 55, at the Ministry of Finance.

Appointed in disaster on October 14 by Liz Truss to calm the storm caused by the announcements of massive tax cuts not financed by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng, Jeremy Hunt, 55, immediately returned to almost all the measures announced.

He managed to restore calm, at least temporarily, even if the challenges remain colossal, in a period of serious economic crisis.

He is the 4th finance minister in just four months, and he will have to convince the markets that British public finances are well managed.

He is due to present new medium-term budgetary measures on 31 October.

This former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Minister of Health, twice candidate for the post of Prime Minister, is judged rather on the left wing of the conservative party.

Stability in the context of the war in Ukraine

In wartime Ukraine, Rishi Sunak also confirmed James Cleverly at Foreign Affairs and Ben Wallace at Defence.

The former was also appointed to the post by Liz Truss when she came to power last month.

Little known to the general public, he remained in this key position during a turbulent period on the European and international scene.

He is the first foreign minister not to be white (his mother was from Sierra Leone).

This 53-year-old Brexit supporter was for two years (2020-2022) Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, first in charge of the Middle East, North Africa and North America, then briefly from Europe and North America.

After Boris Johnson resigned in July, he became Education Minister for two months.

He had been an unsuccessful candidate for Downing Street against Boris Johnson in 2019.

Ben Wallace, a 52-year-old former soldier, is also kept in his post where he had already been kept by Liz Truss, after being appointed there by Boris Johnson in 2019. He was previously Secretary of State in charge of Security and economic crime under Theresa May.

Popular with the base of the party, he had dismissed the idea of ​​running in the race to succeed Liz Truss, explaining that he liked his position as defense minister and intended to remain so.

During his military period, he was on guard duty the night Princess Diana died in Paris in 1997 and was among those sent to Paris to repatriate her body.

Return of Suella Braverman, the Dominic Raab asset

Pledge for the right wing: the ultraconservative Suella Braverman is renamed to the Interior "Falcon" in terms of immigration, this 42-year-old former lawyer, French-speaking, returns to the Ministry of the Interior after having slammed the door of the government Truss last Wednesday.

A clash over immigration with the former Prime Minister would have motivated this departure, which was one of the nails in the coffin of Liz Truss.

She is considered influential in the party's right-wing aide.

If the latter had formed a very loyal cabinet, Rishi Sunak seems to show a desire to be open to the different currents of the majority.

He nevertheless reminded the government of his ally Dominic Raab, 48, who is returning to the posts of Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister.

A dual function he had held under Boris Johnson, until last September.

He had previously served as foreign minister from 2019 to 2021.

Rishi Sunak has also maintained Penny Mordaunt, who had tried to run against him but had not had the necessary support, in the post of Minister for Relations with Parliament.

On the BBC, MP Huw Merriman explained that the new Prime Minister wanted to bring "a sense of calm and stability" by leading the government "like a business leader": "We don't want any more turbulence".

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