KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has introduced the primary reshuffle of his cupboard since his Unity Labour Occasion (ULP) received a historic fifth consecutive time period in workplace in November 2020.
Gonsalves stated that former minister of public service, Frederick Stephenson, has been appointed Minister of International Affairs, changing Keisal Peters, who created historical past when she grew to become the nation’s first feminine Minister of International Affairs in August 2022.
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves
Gonsalves stated that Peters would take over the “coronary heart and soul of the federal government” as Minister of Nationwide Mobilisation and Social Improvement and that earlier than the influence of Hurricane Beryl on July 1, he contemplated splitting the housing ministries and nationwide mobilization.
He stated that there was nonetheless some work to be performed coping with housing after the volcanic eruptions in April 2021, reiterating that his authorities had been informed that it needed to separate the Ministry of Nationwide Mobilization and Social Improvement and the Ministry of Housing.
“Dr. [Orando] Brewster will stay within the Ministry of Housing and Casual Human Settlements,” Gonsalves stated, including that the first-term Central Leeward parliamentarian will even be assigned the sports activities portfolio, which Stephenson had additionally held.
“Senator Keisal Melissa Peters will go into renewed vitality and give attention to the guts and soul of the federal government in Nationwide Mobilisation and Social Improvement and all the varied sub-subjects in that individual portfolio for that particular ministry, plus, in fact, postal providers from the Ministry of Minister Stephenson.
“There are lots of social security web points to be addressed as a result of the faces of women and men are strained and anxious, and individuals are struggling due to this horrible catastrophe,” Gonsalves stated, referring to the July 1 class 4 storm that devastated the Southern Grenadines, damaging or destroying 95 % of buildings.
“So she has her work minimize out, and we have now to separate these ministries so that we’ll give focus, and we’ve put in supporting administrative preparations,” Gonsalves stated, including that Stephenson will take up the Ministry of International Affairs and International Commerce, together with the Regional Integration and Diaspora Unit.
The prime minister stated he would take up the Public Service portfolio, which Stephenson beforehand held. Gonsalves stated the cupboard reshuffle can be printed within the official gazette.
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