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In a speech to the nation on the
15th of October, Prime
Minister Said Musa announced the following changes to Cabinet. He denied this
was a result of the recent resignation of Minister of National Security Jorge
Espat. In his address, the PM quoted the decision was made, "to refashion the
executive mechanism to carry out the tasks demanded by the present crisis."
Below is a list of the Ministers and their current portfolios.Said Musa - Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Foreign Trade and Cooperation, Finance & Economic Development. The
Public Utilities Commission will also be in the Prime Minister's Office,
answerable to the Cabinet. John Bricẻ#241;o -
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources, Environment &
Commerce and Industry Maxwell Samuels -
Minister of Home Affairs (Police, Immigration, Prisons) Ralph
Fonseca - Minister of Budget Management, Investment & Public Utilities
Henry Canton - Minister of Works, Transport
& Communications, Citrus & Banana Industries Daniel
Silva - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Cooperatives
Mark Espat - Minister of Tourism
& Culture Jose Coye - Minister of
Health & Public Service Godfrey Smith -
Attorney General and Minister of Information George Price
- Minister of Defense and National Emergency Management
Marcial Mes - Minister of Rural Development
Dickie Bradley - Minister of Housing &
Urban Renewal (including Post Office & Fire Service) Cordel Hyde - Minister of Education, Youth &
Sports Dolores Balderamos - Minister of
Human Development, Women & Children, and Civil Society Valdemar Castillo - Minister of Labor, Local
Government and the Sugar Industry He ended by saying,
"That is the Cabinet. The two Ministers of State, namely Servula Baeza and Patty
Arceo, will remain in place. In January, I will recall Ambassador Assad Shoman
and appoint him as Minister of Foreign Affairs."
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