Meet Your New Ministers: ABLP Cabinet Officially Sworn In

The new Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party Cabinet has been officially sworn in, marking the formal start of Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s fourth consecutive term in office.

The ceremony, held Tuesday at the American University of Antigua, completed the formation of the new administration following the ABLP’s landslide victory in last Thursday’s general election, where the party captured 15 of the 17 parliamentary seats.

Here are your new ministers.

Melford Nicholas – St. John’s City East; Minister of Information Communication Technologies, Utilities and Energy

Rawdon Turner – St. Peter; Minister of Social and Urban Transformation

Maria Browne – St. John’s Rural East; Minister for Housing and Works

Daryll Matthew – St. John’s Rural South; Minister of Education, Science and Technology

Charles Fernandez – St. John’s Rural North; Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Transportation and Investment

Anthony Smith – All Saints West; Minister of Agriculture, Land and the Blue Economy

Randy Baltimore – St. Philip North; Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Blue Economy

Dwayne George – St. Mary’s South; Minister of Sports and Creative Industries

Kiz Johnson – St. Philips South; Minister of State in the Ministry of Social and Urban Transformation

Dr Philmore Benjamin – St. Mary’s North; nominated as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives

Michael Joseph – St Johns Rural West; Minister for Health, Wellness, Environment and Civil Service Affairs

E.P. Chet Greene – St. Paul; Minister of Foreign Affairs Trade and Immigration

Michael Freeland – St George; Minister of State within Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Transportation and Investment

Prime Minister Browne and Attorney General Sir Steadroy Benjamin were sworn in on Friday.

The new Cabinet is expected to hold its first meeting this week as the government moves to advance its agenda on roads, water, housing, education, agriculture, tourism, and national transformation.