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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, 18 June 2014 (CMC) – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has named a 12 member cabinet that was sworn into office by Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Tack at her official residence on Wednesday.  The new cabinet includes several familiar faces, a female, and a few firs-term MPs.

“We wish him well and do hope it won’t be long before he could be sworn in,” the Governor General said, adding that Bird will take up the portfolio of senior minister in the Cabinet, but gave no further details.

The Cabinet includes Robin Yearwood, who has been named Minister of Public Utilities, Civil Aviation and Transportation and Asot Anthony Michael who will be responsible for Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy.

Molwyn Joseph is appointed Minister of Health and the Environment, while Eustace Sylvester Lake is the Minister of Works and Housing.

Charles Fernandez has been named Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, with Arthur Nibbs, who wonthe Barbuda seat by a single vote, is the Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Barbuda Affairs.

Michael Browne has been sworn in as the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, while Paul Chet Greene is the Minister of Trade, Commerce and Industries, Sports, Culture, Community Services and Samantha Nicole Marshall, the lone female in the Cabinet has been appointed, Social Transformation and Human Resource Development withMelford Nicholas being the Minister of Information, Broadcasting Telecommunications and Information Technology.

The full cabinet is as follows:

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Corporate Governance	The Hon. Gaston Browne, MP
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Labour, Immigration, and Police	The Hon. Steadroy Benjamin, MP
Senior Minister	The Hon. Lester Bird, MP
Minister of Public Utilities, Civil Aviation and Transportation	The Hon. Robin Yearwood, MP
Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy	The Hon. Asot Anthony Michael, MP
Minister of Health and the Environment	The Hon. Molwyn Joseph, MP
Minister of Works and Housing	The Hon. Eustace Sylvester Lake, MP
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	The Hon. Charles Fernandez, MP
Minister of Agriculture, Lands and BarbudaAffairs	The Hon. Arthur Nibbs, MP
Minister of Education, Science and Technology	The Hon. Michael Browne, MP
Minister of Trade, Commerce and Industries, Sports, Culture, Community Services	The Hon. Paul Chet Greene, MP
Minister of Social Transformation and Human Resource Development	The Hon. Samantha Nicole Marshall, MP
Minister of Information, Broadcasting Telecommunications and Information Technology.	The Hon. Melford Nicholas, MP