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Cabinet, The Full Picture
posted (November 9, 2015)
And so here now is a full rundown of the new cabinet. The Prime Minister will be Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public utilities, with responsibility for the last three going to his minister of state Frank Pawpa Mena and CEO Peter Allen.

Gaspar Vega is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture with CEO Jose Alpuche, and Fisheries and Forestry with CEO Colin Young. His other portfolios, Environment, Sustainable development and Climate change will go to Minister of state Omar Figueroa.

Erwin Contreras stays on as the Minister for Economic Development and gets Petroleum added to that, where he will be assisted by CEO Yvonne Sharman Hyde. His Minister of State Tracey Taegar Panton will take responsibility for the other assignments in his portfolio; these are, Investment, Trade and Commerce with first time CEO Amparo Masson.

There's no change for Housing Minister Michael Finnegan, who stays with CEO Denton Belisle.

Minister of Education Patrick Faber, stays with CEO David Leacock and sees Science and Technology added to his ministry, while his minister of state Elodio Aragon will take responsibility for Culture, Youth and sports.

Manuel Heredia also keeps the Ministry of Tourism, and he is accompanied by first time CEO Yashin Dujon.

Anthony Boots Martinez remains in the Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation with CEO Judith Alpuche.

John Saldivar is the Minister of National Security with CEO George Lovell - as we mentioned earlier.

Rene Montero is renamed as Minister of works with the same CEO, Errol Gentle , while his minister of state Edmond Castro will be responsible for Transport and NEMO, with CEO Ruth Meighan.

There's not much change for Wilfred Elringotn as Foreign Minister with CEO Lawrence Sylvetster.

Same for Pablo Marin in the Ministry of Health, who now has a new CEO Ramon Figueroa, and Minister of State Dr. Angel Campos.

In his second term, Corozal North's Hugo Pott gets a full ministry with Labour, Local Government, and Rural Development, along with first time CEO Kerry Belisle.

And then there are the senator ministers. Godwin Hulse is Minister of Natural Resources with CEO Sharon Ramclam, while his Minister of State Beverly Castillo will be in charge of Immigration, where she will be assisted by CEO Edmund Zuniga.

And the other Senator Minister, is the first female Attorney General, Vanessa Retreage, who leaves her private law practice to become a minister.

Later on we'll tell you who was appointed to serve in the Senate.

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