UK Cabinet

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The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is formally a committee of the Privy Privy Council and in fact the supreme decision-making body of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ).

Formation of the cabinet

The British monarch appoints a Prime Minister , following the strict customary law that he is a member of the House of Commons and is able to form a majority government. The Prime Minister then appoints his ministers; each of them head their ministry. The cabinet consists of an average of 20 ministers.

In theory, the Prime Minister is a primus inter pares , first among equals in the British Cabinet. When selecting ministers, the prime minister usually involves members of parliament who have their own political base, a household power, and who could potentially be dangerous to him. On the other hand, the Prime Minister has very few opportunities to influence the composition of the British civil administration, so that a tension between the elected politicians and the civil servants can be felt. Nevertheless, in practice a strong prime minister can dominate the government in such a way that he becomes a "near-president", that is, he performs a leadership role as in other countries, such as in the USA or France, the president, without bearing the burden of the ceremonial duties of a head of state.

Cabinet members

After David Cameron's resignation on July 13, 2016 as a result of the EU membership referendum on June 23, 2016 , Theresa May ruled with a sole government of the Conservative Party ("Tories"). After the British General Election in 2017 , she governed through tolerance by the DUP .

The ministers hold the office of Secretary of State . In addition to these ministers who head a ministry, the Leader of the House of Lords and Leader of the House of Commons (the group chairmen) are cabinet members and count among the cabinet ministers .

Current cabinet members are listed under Boris Johnson II cabinet .

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Ministers - Glossary parliament.uk. UK Parliamentary website, accessed August 2, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Ministers - GOV.UK. United Kingdom Government, accessed August 2, 2016 .